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Bill Deakin founded Kernow Web Designs in 2002 after several years of developing and promoting websites for mail order businesses. After a couple of years as a freelance web designer, he discovered Network Marketing and immediately saw the potential. The Internet and Network Marketing are a match made in heaven. Bill saw this immediately and quickly built a successful business, on and off line. Now a successul marketer, Bill spends much of his time ... [More]

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  • Flash Game Genres - The Most Popular Types of Browser Game
    [Gaming:Online-Gaming] Browser games have exploded in popularity in recent years. Recently released statistics show that the number of daily players on some Facebook games were in the tens of millions of players, per day! However, not all games are equally popular and if you want to attract the largest possible number of players it pays to concentrate on the most popular genres.


  • Games For Girls - Browser Games For the Fastest Growing Sector
    [Gaming:Online-Gaming] In the past couple of years online games have really started to diversify into wider demographics. In particular, many developers are now creating games especially for young girls. New genres such as dress-up games, and cooking games are seeing a real explosion at the moment as more and more girls are spending time not only playing games online, but also sharing those games via social media.


  • Breaking Into the Games Industry, Without a Computer Science Degree
    [Business:Careers-Employment] "If you make your hobby your career, you'll never work another day in your life". I was told that by a good friend many years ago, and at the time I was making a living restoring classic arcade machines. I'd been interested in video games for as long as I could remember, and working with classic machines such as Space Invaders, Galaga and Pacman was a lot of fun - it certainly didn't feel like work.


  • Testing Video Games For Experience - A Way Into the Games Industry
    [Gaming] When I was at school I was asked by my careers teacher what I wanted to do when I grew up, and I answered without hesitation, "make video games". 20 years later, and with over 7 years experience in the industry, I'm now in a position to help other people break into an industry which is often considered difficult to get started in.


  • Get Paid to Play Games - How to Get a Job As As Games Tester
    [Business:Career-Advice] Back in the 1980s computer and video games were developed by small teams on low budgets. Often one programmer would also do level design, graphics and testing. These days things have changed, and video games are big business, with big budgets and teams of developers. In fact, the worldwide video games market is now estimated at over $50 billion each year, and with individual games having multi-million dollar budgets the role of the game tester is now vital.


  • Word Games - The Video Game Genre With Universal Appeal?
    [Gaming:Online-Gaming] Video games traditionally have been targeted and young males. Certainly the majority of games developed in the 1980s and 1990s were made with boys and young men as the target audience, and even now many games are themed around cars, guns, and aliens. With the increase in popularity of casual and social games, many more women and older players have started to play video games on a regular basis. However, even during the 1980s and 1990s there was one genre of games which attracted mostly adult female players - word games.


  • How to Profit From Flash Games - Browser Games to Drive Viral Traffic
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] Casual online gaming is big business. In recent years, browser games have become more and more popular, with a much wider demographic than ever before. If you're a Flash or Flex developer then you're ideally positioned to take advantage of this. However, even if you're not a developer, be carefully outsourcing the development of games, or by licensing game source code, you have use browser games as a lucrative income source.


  • Driving and Racing Games - A Brief History
    [Gaming:Computer-Games] Since the very earliest video games, one of the most popular genres has always been driving simulations. Night driver by Atari, released in the late '70s was the very first driving game, although it was really nothing more than white posts on the screen to signify the edge of the road.


  • Formatting Backlinks For Search Engine Optimization
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Backlinks are arguably the single most important factor in SEO. Getting decent backlinks, with properly formatted anchors can make all the difference to your site ranking well in the search engines. Discover how anchor text works, and how to make best use of it.


  • Game Tester Salary - What Can You Earn As a Games Tester?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] Game tester salaries vary depending on a number of variables, but mostly on experience and the amount of time committed, as well as which development company you work for. Compared to some jobs in the games industry game tester wages are relatively quite low. However, many game testers choose to work as freelancers, from home, reporting their bugs back to the development team by email and telephone.


  • Game Tester Jobs - 5 Tips For Getting a Games Tester Job
    [Business:Careers-Employment] If you asked 100 gamers what their dream job would be, I'd bet that a very large percentage of them would put video game tester at number one. Getting access to the hottest new games and consoles months before they're released, spending all day playing those games, and getting paid for the privilege certainly ticks all the boxes for many people.


  • Free Word Games - One of the Top Casual Game Genres
    [Gaming:Online-Gaming] Casual gaming is on the rise! Flash games have gone from being a small geeky niche online, to being mainstream and big business over the last few years.


  • Crush the Castle Strategy Guide - Tips and Tactics
    [Gaming:Online-Gaming] Crush the Castle has been one of this year's most popular Flash games. Like all great games the premise is simple - knock down a castle by throwing rocks from a trebuchet. However, while the game is simple you need specific tactics and strategies to beat all the levels in one shot! This guide teaches how to become a master of Crush The Castle.


  • Kleeneze Success - 10 Secrets to Building a Profitable Business
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Success with Kleeneze, or any Network Marketing opportunity, doesn't come down to luck. This 10 secrets to success will help you increase your chances of building a very successful business. Whether you're a well established distributor, or you're just starting out, this universal tips will get your business moving in the right direction.


  • 5 Free Ways to Get Your Website Noticed
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] Your website or blog is nothing without traffic - in fact, driving traffic is your number one goal. You can buy traffic using PPC (Adwords), banners, text ads etc. You can borrow traffic with joint ventures, affiliates and integration marketing. Finally you can build your own traffic. Here are 5 top tips for driving traffic to your site without spending any money!


  • Video Marketing For Traffic - Branding Your Videos, Your Business and Yourself
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Online video is a great tool for promoting your business and your products. Video allows you to get your message across like no other medium, but it also presents specific problems since links cannot be embedded directly into your videos. Learn the secrets to getting the most traffic from your videos, and the greatest exposure for you business.


  • Commission Blueprint System Review
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] The Commission Blueprint is an affiliate marketing system developed by Tim Godfrey and Steven Clayton. Their system relies on promoting affiliate products via Clickbank, and driving traffic with Google's Adwords PPC program. Is that sounds similar to some other systems, that is also where the similarities end. The system has been developed so that anyone, with no list, no JV partners and no product of their own can make a killing on Clickbank.


  • Recession Rescue System 3 [cubed] Review
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] The Recession Rescue System is the brain child of three of the top Internet Marketers in the world: Shawn Casey, Tellman Knudsen and Harris Fellman. This is an in depth look at the system and what it offers.


  • 5 Free Software Tools For Content Creation
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Product-Creation] It's been said many times before, but the single most important thing for driving traffic to your site is content. Good, solid, unique content is what will attract visitors, invite backlinks, and help you to rank well with the search engines. These 5 free tools will allow you to create great content without spending a penny.


  • Outsourcing - 7 Tips For Scaling Your Business
    [Business:Outsourcing] Outsourcing is a great way to expand your business and gain leverage, but many people struggle to take the first step. These top tips will help you get over the fear of giving over control and ensure that your first outsourced projects go smoothly.


  • Increasing Your Web Site Traffic : Passive vs Active Online Promotion
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] Increase your web site traffic through passive marketing. Build a long-term marketing strategy which benefits you long after you have stopped actively building your online presence. Learn how to keep attracting visitors, and increase your online exposure.


  • Empathising with Prospects through 'Feel, Felt, Found'
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] How to win your prospects trust by following a simple system in your pitch. By empathising with your prospects way of thinking you gain trust and respect while opening them up to your point of view.




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