Sizcons Additions and David Airey

Sizcons Additions

A while back I received a few emails from readers (Stefan Moeller and Style Ignite) requesting the addition of some icons into the Sizcons set. I had been pretty busy working on other projects and never had the time to design these icons in a prompt manner for these individuals as I said I would when I replied back to them. I apologize for that, but better late than never, right?

Here’s what was added:

  • Updated flags with different colors and more detail.
  • Printer icon.
  • Upload and download icons.
  • Pictures icon.
  • Three security shield icons.
  • Created a new green refresh icon.

Along with these additions, I also touched up some of the existing icons. I noticed a few blemishes on some of them. Hope everyone likes the updates. If you can think of anymore you would like added, let me know.

David Airey Was Hacked

My good friend David Airey had his site hacked recently. The hacker gained access to David’s Gmail account and was able to successfully transfer David’s domain (daividairey.com) right out from under his nose. Now, the hacker is holding David’s domain hostage and asking for ransom. Luckily for David, he also owned http://www.davidairey.co.uk as well, so he’s using it as a backup until the whole situation is cleared up. So, update your bookmarks.

Good luck David. If there is anything I can do, let me know.

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Is Web Development as Bad in Your City as it is Here?

Nightscape of Lexington Kentucky

I’ve been pondering the idea of starting my own company offering web design and development solutions (more on this in a later article). With this in mind, I got curious about the quality of work companies are doing here in Lexington, KY. I decided to Google “Web design in Lexington, KY” to see what I could find. Although Lexington is the second largest city in Kentucky, it’s still very small with close to 300,000 people. There are actually more companies offering web design/development services than I expected.

To my surprise, after looking at quite a few company websites and their portfolios, an astonishing number of them (all that I looked at) should not be referring to themselves as professionals.

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Retailers: Stop The “Call For Price” Madness Already

I can’t tell you how sick and tired I am of looking through merchandise, either online or in a catalog and seeing the text “call for price” or “price to low to advertise” next to the item. Am I the only one?

I don’t claim to be a advertising expert, and maybe my thoughts on this are way off base, but these two forms of advertising have got to be the two worst things you can do if you’re trying to sell your merchandise. I’m sure these companies get a few people here and there on these scams, but I have to assume that there are many people out there just like myself that hate these advertising tactics. If my assumption is right and there are others out there like me, businesses are missing opportunities to convert browsers to buyers.

The Idea Behind It

Ok, I get it, it’s a simple idea. What the business is essentially doing by advertising using “call or price” or “item to low to advertise” methods is telling you the consumer that the price on the particular item of interest is on sale and that you will need to call in order to hear the spectacular price on the item. Once you call, the sales representative you speak to on the phone will not only try to sell you the item you’re calling about, but try to up sell you on other merchandise. Like I said, I’m sure this works on some people and as soon as they see the “to low to advertise” bit, they can’t wait to get their fingers dialing to check out that low price. Problem is, many consumers are often disappointed after they call to get that “low” price. Generally the price either isn’t lowered at all, or is only lowered a few bucks. A lot of times all you have to do is tell someone that you lowered the price (even if you didn’t) and they will eat it up thinking they are getting a great deal.

If you’re like me, I NEVER call to get a price on something. If they don’t list it, I’m not buying it. Like I said, assuming there are others out there like me, they’re missing a lot of opportunities to make a sale, which equals loss of money.

What They Should Be Doing

It’s simple. What retailers should be doing is listing all of their prices in their catalogs. Jazz up the ad however you want. List the item as “on sale” or anything else for that matter, but for goodness sake, list the price! There is nothing I hate more than calling to get a price on an item that is just to low to advertise and find out that it’s not lowered at all and that it’s only a sales tactic. This is the reason I no longer call for any item that the price is to low to advertise. If for whatever reason I do decide to call on one of these items in the future and find out that it in fact isn’t on sale, you’ve lost me as a customer and I will never be back as a customer.

Shew, I’m Glad I Got That Off My Chest

Does anyone else feel the same way I do? What are some other things that retailers do to grab your attention but ultimately just get on your nerves.

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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Me Before Reading This

Wow! Since I’ve started blogging, time really seems to fly by! If I didn’t know better, I would say it’s only been a couple days since my last post, but I look at the dates and see that it’s actually coming up on 10 days. Sorry for the break in posts! I’ll blame it on holiday travel. smile

Anyway, it seems that if you blog for long enough, you end up doing one of these “Things you didn’t know about me” posts. I’ve been real busy lately working on another site, so I’ve not had much time to really put together a good article, although I do have lots of ideas. I just need time!

I thought I’d put together a quick fun post, so without further ado, here are five things you didn’t know about me before reading this.

The List

  1. I was a four sport athlete in high school; basketball, golf, track, and cross country. My senior year I was all league in all four sports, all district in three, all region in one and all state in one. I was all state in Ohio for the 400 meter dash. Finished 12th at the state meet.
  2. I’m a scratch golfer. I’ve been playing the crazy game for nearly 20 years. My lowest round to date is a two under par 70.
  3. I have a cat named Puss and a dog named Sammie.
  4. I have a few favorite songs; “Far Behind” by Candlebox, “She Talks to Angels” by The Black Crowes, and “The Dance” by Garth Brooks. I’m not sure which one is my most favorite.
  5. After I graduated college I had a heck of a time finding a job doing something that I liked and was related to my major in school (Computer Information Systems). So, after graduation, I started working for T-Mobile as a sales representative. I worked there for three and a half years while applying for (and failing to find) other jobs. Looking back, even though dealing with the public on a daily basis is the pits, I did learn a lot from the experience. When I started, I was somewhat of an introvert in that I didn’t like public speaking and wasn’t comfortable holding a long conversation with someone in person. After a short time of having no choice but to interact to make my sales goals, I really leaned a lot about how to communicate effectively with all types of people. I guess the lesson learned there is that no matter how bad the situation is, if you look hard enough, you can find something positive to take away from it.

Well, that’s it for now. I hope you enjoyed reading more useless information about me. cheese

If you’re wrote one of these types of posts yourself, link to it in the comments section. I’d love to read it. 

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It’s Better to Try and Fail Than to Have Never Tried At All

How many times have you wanted to do something but for whatever reason you never tried? Maybe it was fear of failure? Maybe you fear ridicule from your peers? Maybe you thought about your idea so much that it started to sound stupid and you simply talked yourself out of it? Don’t worry, we’ve all done these things.

I’m sure you have heard the old saying that it’s better to have tried and failed at something than to have never tried at all? Sure you have, who hasn’t? If you stop and think about the message for a second, it can be very powerful, not only for you as a web publisher or blogger, but in life. Every time you want to do something which involves some risk, I think you should stop and think about this saying.

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