Scammers have now moved away from sending emails from Nigerian Princes saying they need to move their money abroad. Now they are impersonating peoples Bosses, Wife’s, Husbands or Friends.
The scammers do a lot of research to make sure the email looks identical to the company’s normal emails and they either fake the email headers or change the email address by substituting a couple of letters (e.g. yourboss@gmail.com to yourboss@gmali.com) so its actually appears to be from them.
They then say something along the lines that they need to get an urgent payment to a new supplier or the company will loose a big contract. The Employee then sends the money not wanting to question their boss, and all is ok until they are fired for loosing their company’s money.
There is also a similar email scam where companies are emailed supposedly from one of their suppliers saying their bank details have changed, and all future payments should go to their new bank details. As i am sure you can guess the email is from a scammer and the bank details are theirs and not your suppliers.
If you ever get an email out of the blue asking for an urgent payment or someone saying their bank details had changed, you should always phone them first on a number you trust (not one in the email) and check that the email is genuine. As its better to appear over zealous than loosing your employers or your own money.
The BBC have recently done an article talking about these scams, click the below link to check out the full article.
The BBC have released a very interesting article based on the research from Dynatrace.
The article states that “A page load time of 2.5 seconds or below strikes the right balance between functionality and speed.” and any movement above 3 seconds then has a relative quantitative effect of the number of customers leaving the website.
According to the research website are actually getting slower, rather than quicker. This is due to amount of interactivity, images and videos that are now a requisite of the modern web site. But one of the biggest speed killers is the number of external connections / data sources / websites that are being integrated into websites. e.g. connections to Google, Facebook and Twitter.
If you are using Google Analytics on your website then you will want to know whether the visitors being counted are genuine external visitors to your site or if you and your colleagues are being included in the count. This can be especially important if you frequently visit your own site for updates, fill in forms, update databases etc.
But luckily Google have made it fairly straight forward to block visits being counted from selected machines or networks.
1) I have a fixed “static” IP address!
If you have a static IP address then it is quite straight forward to block your PC from registering your visits you just need to setup a filter within Google Analytics.
login to your Google Analytics account.
Click Admin on the top right of the screen.
You will now see a list of your accounts, select the account you want to block.
Note this will block all machines that register as using the selected IP Address externally e.g. it will block all machines on your internal network.
2 ) I don’t have a fixed “static” IP address!
If you don’t have a static ip address you can download an add on from Google for your web browser, this will have the effect of blocking all your visits. Note this is a universal tool so it will block all your visits to all sites using Google Analytics and not just your own. It is available for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera.
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These instructions are only for setting up an Ebay business account, if you are not planning on running a business you should setup a standard Ebay account.
Goto ebay.co.uk or ebay.com or whichever derivative is suitable for your country.
At the top left of the screen you will see “hi! Sign in or Register“– click register.
Ebay will now present you a form to fill in; you will need to enter the following information;
Business Name (Your registered name, this does not have to be the same as your username).
Business type (Manufacturer, Realtor, Charity, Wholesaler or Distributor, Broker/Jobber/Marker Trader/Dealer, Car Dealer, Other).
Salutation (Mr,Mrs,Miss,Ms).
First name.
Surname.
Street address.
Town/City.
County.
Post Code.
Country.
Primary telephone number.
Secondary telephone number (optional).
Email address.
Confirm Email address.
Click Continue, Ebay will then offer you a second form.
Choose your companies Ebay user Id (this is what you will sign in with and buyers will see).
Choose your Password.
Confirm your Password.
Choose a secret question (e.g. your first school).
Your secret answer (the answer to the secret question you selected).
Click Continue.
Ebay will now want to confirm your identity by phone, Ebay will phone you and provide a 4 digit code, and you will need to enter this in the box provided.
That’s it your account is now basically setup and ready to go.
Further Items
On the congratulations screen click the setup business seller information click and fill in your company details e.g. company registration number – all this is optional but recommended.
To add your Company logo – go to the top left of the page, look for hi! “your user name” hover your mouse icon over your user name. A box will now appear offering various options; you will see a dummy square logo, click it. Ebay will now offer you a selection of default logos you can choose from or you can upload your own.
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Below is a list of all the current Internet Domain Extensions e.g. .com and the country or institution that they are associated with.
It will be interesting to see if they remain the de facto standard with the new custom Website Domain Extensions coming into effect next year.
Website Domain Extensions
ac United Kingdom academic institutions
ad Andorra
ae United Arab Emirates
af Afghanistan
ag Antigua and Barbuda
ai Anguilla
al Albania
am Armenia
an Netherlands Antilles
ao Angola
aq Antarctica
ar Argentina
as American Samoa
at Austria
au Australia
aw Aruba
az Azerbaijan
ba Bosnia and Herzegovina
bb Barbados
bd Bangladesh
be Belgium
bf Burkina Faso
bg Bulgaria
bh Bahrain
bi Burundi
bj Benin
bm Bermuda
bn Brunei Darussalam
bo Bolivia
br Brazil
bs Bahamas
bt Bhutan
bv Bouvet Island
bw Botswana
by Belarus
bz Belize
ca Canada
cc Cocos (Keeling) Islands
cf Central African Republic
cg Congo
ch Switzerland
ci Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
ck Cook Islands
cl Chile
cm Cameroon
cn China
co Colombia
com Commercial
cr Costa Rica
cs Czechoslovakia (former)
cu Cuba
cv Cape Verde
cx Christmas Island
cy Cyprus
cz Czech Republic
de Germany
dj Djibouti
dk Denmark
dm Dominica
do Dominican Republic
dz Algeria
ec Ecuador
edu Educational
ee Estonia
eg Egypt
eh Western Sahara
er Eritrea
es Spain
et Ethiopia
fi Finland
fj Fiji
fk Falkland Islands (British)
fm Micronesia
fo Faroe Islands
fr France
fx France (Metropolitan)
ga Gabon
gb Great Britain (UK)
gd Grenada
ge Georgia
gf French Guiana
gh Ghana
gi Gibraltar
gl Greenland
gm Gambia
gn Guinea
gov Government
gp Guadaloupe
gq Equatorial Guinea
gr Greece
gs South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
gt Guatemala
gu Guam
gw Guinea-Bissau
gy Guyana
hk Hong Kong
hm Heard and McDonald Islands
hn Honduras
hr Croatia (Hrvatska)
ht Haiti
hu Hungary
id Indonesia
ie Ireland
il Israel
in India
io British Indian Ocean Territory
iq Iraq
ir Iran
is Iceland
it Italy
jm Jamaica
jo Jordan
jp Japan
ke Kenya
kg Kyrgyzstan
kh Cambodia
ki Kiribati
km Comoros
kn Saint Kitts and Nevis
kp Korea (North)
kr Korea (South)
kw Kuwait
ky Cayman Islands
kz Kazakhstan
la Laos
lb Lebanon
lc Saint Lucia
li Liechtenstein
lk Sri Lanka
lr Liberia
ls Lesotho
lt Lithuania
lu Luxembourg
lv Latvia
ly Libya
ma Morocco
mc Monaco
md Moldova
mg Madagascar
mh Marshall Islands
mil USA Military
mk Macedonia
ml Mali
mm Mynamar
mn Mongolia
mo Macau
mp Northern Mariana Islands
mq Martinique
mr Mauritania
ms Montserrat
mt Malta
mu Mauritius
mv Maldives
mw Malawi
mx Mexico
my Malaysia
mz Mozambique
na Namibia
nc New Caledonia
ne Niger
net network
nf Norfolk Island
ng Nigeria
ni Nicaragua
nl Netherlands
no Norway
np Nepal
nr Nauru
nt Neutral Zone
nu Niue
nz New Zealand (Aotearoa)
om Oman
org Non-Profit Organization
pa Panama
pe Peru
pf French Polynesia
pg Papua New Guinea
ph Philippines
pk Pakistan
pl Poland
pm Saint Pierre and Miquelon
pn Pitcairn
pr Puerto Rico
pt Portugal
pw Palau
py Paraguay
qa Qatar
re Reunion
ro Romania
ru Russian Federation
rw Rwanda
sa Saudi Arabia
sb Solomon Islands
sc Seychelles
sd Sudan
se Sweden
sg Singapore
sh Saint Helena
si Slovenia
sj Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
sk Slovak Republic
sl Sierra Leone
sm San Marino
sn Senegal
so Somalia
sr Suriname
st Sao Tome and Principe
su USSR (former)
sv El Salvador
sy Syria
sz Swaziland
tc Turks and Caicos Islands
td Chad
tf French Southern Territories
tg Togo
th Thailand
tj Tajikistan
tk Tokelau
tm Turkmenistan
tn Tunisia
to Tonga
tp East Timor
tr Turkey
tt Trinidad and Tobago
tv Tuvalu
tw Taiwan
tz Tanzania
ua Ukraine
ug Uganda
uk United Kingdom
um US Minor Outlying Islands
us United States
uy Uruguay
uz Uzbekistan
va Vatican City State
vc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
ve Venezuela
vg Virgin Islands (British)
vi Virgin Islands (US)
vn Vietnam
vu Vanuatu
wf Wallis and Futuna Islands
ws Samoa
ye Yemen
yt Mayotte
yu Yugoslavia
za South Africa
zm Zambia
zr Zaire
zw Zimbabwe
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Typically duplicating content is not a problem as most people will only actively use one network, but you should not only post duplicate content. Having said that the content on twitter should be an abbreviated version of the Facebook content as you are limited to 140 characters.
With twitter you can/should repeat content as people normally view their twitter content on a constantly scrolling screen so they may not even see your post unless it is repeated.
Facebook content should not be duplicated.
If someone comments on your post on Facebook or twitter always try to reply, even if it’s just an acknowledgment.
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Twitter
Put your account details on your literature and business cards – give incentives for people to follow you.
Create a list of comma separated email addresses from your address books and business databases and then from within twitter send out a follow me invitation. – note you cannot change the format or text of the invitation.
Send out an independent email to your contacts asking them to like/follow you. Try offering then an incentive to get a higher response rate.
Get users to re-tweet your posts. Add “Please retweet” to your tweets.
Use # hash tags. This will allow people searching to find your tweets.
Include links to interesting stories, news items, websites, recipes, etc. related to your company.
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Facebook
Put your account details on your literature and business cards – give incentives for people to follow you.
Go to “get started” on your Facebook company/group page.
Send invitations to all your friends from within Facebook
Import contacts from your email clients address book and send invitations. – note you cannot change the format or text of the invitation.
Import contacts from your business database and send invitations to people from with your Facebook account. – note you cannot change the format or text of the invitation.
Create adverts on Facebook to request “strangers” to like your page.
Send out an independent email to your contacts asking them to like/follow you. Try offering them an incentive to get a higher response rate.
Get friends of friends to like your page by offering an incentive to your followers to ask their friends to follow you.
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Good post but I was wanting to know if you
could write a litte more on this subject? I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit more.
Cheers!