When starting your eCommerce project you gotta be able to accept payment that are easy and convenient untuk pelanggan anda. This is where payment gateways are ever to important….

Nowadays in Malaysia we have a lot of choice when it comes to payment gateways. Which one is best for you? Let’s take a look and see their pros & cons….

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If you want to check your google ranking for a particular keyword this tool is awesome and most importantly free.

This way you can check how your keywords match up against your competition in Malaysia or anywhere else in the world.

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Choosing a web host untuk host laman web anda is not easy. There are sooo many companies yang berbeza and banyak faktor yang perlu dipertimbangkan. So lets see:

• Lokasi (Location): If you are in Malaysia dan your audience pun in Malaysia, then it makes only sense to host your website in Malaysia (and not in the US or elsewhere)…why? Coz its faster. How to test? Do simple ping test. Make sure that the response time is less than 50ms…..kalau lebih (means slower), that means its near (in Malaysia) and thats a good sign.
  • Ping Test for Maxhosting.com.my - 24ms - EXCELLENT
  • Ping Test for Friendster (US) - 220ms - SLOW
• Price: Well harga sememangnya penting tetapi bukan segala2nya.What you are paying for is important. With current technologies, you should pay no more than RM500 setahun for shared hosting solution (depending on your needs la). What determines the price?
  • Storage: the more they give you the more you pay. more bout this later.
  • Bandwidth: the more you get the more you pay. more bout this later.
  • Thats it! The rest like cpanel, email or domain percuma (free domain) are all just extra bonuses.
• Features: Based on my experience i woul and choose plans with the following basic features:
  • at least 500mb-1gb storage.
  • at least 5GB bandwidth per month
  • lots of email accounts, ftp accounts, subdomains etc
  • paling kurang 3-5 add-on domains
  • php/mysql
  • lagi?
• “Unlimited Storage & Bandwidth”: Well there is no such thing and its usually a marketing trick to get you to sign up. Why?
  • Storage atau muatan adalah dikawal oleh hard-drive server. Shared hosting means it is a shared enviroment di mana several laman web share a single hard-drive. Just like on a pc or notebook, storage is limited by your harddrive.
  • So why they offer “unlimited storage”? Coz the average website will only need 100-200MB! that’s it. Even to use 1gb pun is extremely difficult unless you host 1000s of images. Hence they know you will never use much more
  • Same goes for bandwidth.
  • This practice is called “overselling“. Is it illegal. Tak but it is misleading :)
• Support: Make sure that your comfortable with the hosting company of your choice. jika anda kurang berpengalaman, you’ll probably make a bunch of enquiries to the company so make sure you like them :)
• Technologies? Everyone nowadays offers very similar and up-to-date services. Most websites are hosted on linux server and offer cPanel to manage their website. There are others too like windows server and plesk web manager but that is all about preference.
• Testimonials: Online testimonials are ok but better still kalau you have a friend or kenalan yang actually ada pengalaman with the hosting company. Or google them.

Thats our guide untuk memilih web hosting company terbaik :) Good luck.

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Ingin mulakan email marketing? Berikut adalah 10 tips yang anda perlu tahu mengenai email marketing di Malaysia dan di mana2.

1. 1

   Kenali audience anda:Like any media, make sure that you provide your readers with the information they want. This will improve the click-through rates and encourage people to read your next newsletter rather then select the “unsubscribe” link.

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   Personalise:Practice shows that personalised content produces the best results, with better open- and read-rates compared with the one size fits all approach.

3. 3

   Jangan biarkan “Subject line” kosong: Most empty Subject lines get spammed so make sure you don’t leave it empty or your email won’t get past spam filters.

4. 4

   Gunakan “Subject lines” yang terang dan jelas: The Subject line should pertain to the email and be informative enough to encourage the reader to open it whilst not being too long. It should not be in capitals, or contain exclamation marks.

5. 5

   “From” yang jelas:The From line should clearly state your company’s name or your name. Avoid spam From lines such as “Message from a friend” that are being used quite a lot by spammers.

6. 6

   Sediakan plain text dan versi HTML:Most readers respond better to an HTML email but sometimes complicated HTML emails get blocked by the recipient’s internet service provider. Plain text, although not blocked as often, is simply not appealing but it is accessible to blind people. So the best is to send your email in both format.

7. 7

   Unsubscribe link: You must provide the reader with the ability to request that you do not send any future emails to that address. These requests must be honoured.

8. 8

   Biar ia pendek dan fokus:Just like any web content, people reading your email scan the content to see if anything interests them. Remember, web readers are always in a hurry so keep it short, to the point and ensure it is relevant.

9. 9

   Be consistent:You should be consistent with the frequency with which you send your emails. It can be one a day, once a week, or once a month but make sure you stick to it.

10. 10

    Be creative: Last but not least, unless you create a compelling Subject line your email will end up in the Deleted items box. Pastikan anda creative.

Untuk memudahkan email marketing campaign anda, cubalah produk kami - GroupMail ataupun MaxBreeze

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