Alisha Balushi

Have you ever had a nagging pain the ball of the foot that doesn’t seem to go away. You feel it if yIu run and it gets better if you stop physical exercises for a couple of weeks. You may even notice some swelling in the area. Pain in the forefoot can have many causes from metatarsalgia to Morton’s neuroma to the dreaded stress fracture. What is a Metatarsal Stress Fracture? The metatarsal bones are a group of five long bones in the forefoot located between the tarsal bones (midfoot) and the toes. A metatarsal stress fracture or a march fracture can be caused by sudden impact or by repetitive microtrauma such as casual walking. A stress fracture progresses over the  period of many days, weeks or months.  It is characterized by swelling and pain which  are exacerbated with further activity and improve with rest. The initial onset of pain and swelling is gradual and hardly noticeable. Strenuous physical activity or high impact exercises can lead to worsening of both t...

Whether you have a  physical business or an online brand, in today's modern era a website is the sales face of any business on the internet. There are many points to address when developing a website, below given are some amazing tips that will aid you in creating a customer-centric website. 1- Visual Appearance and Content of the Website Matters a Lot:  It is a psychological fact that people notice or perceive the colors and designs first when they reach your website. According to a study, on an average 30 to 60% of the visitors bounce off because the website fails to impart good impression. So create a visually appealing website that can impress your visitors in their first few seconds of the visit on the web page. If you pass this stage, they will go further and read the content that must also be engaging and skimmable.  2-  Your Website Should be Mobile Friendly:  More mobile users mean increasing demand for mobile-friendly websites. A responsive w...

Marketing on social media sites is an excellent way to manage the identity of business and keeping the audience aware of the new arrivals. For successful Instagram marketing you should consider the points given below to pay off your efforts. 1- Be Highly Specific When Using Hashtags:  There is no such limitation of using hashtags on Instagram but too many hashtags and your post will look spammy. Hashtags are great way to be found on this Instagram. Smart and targeted use of hashtags is crucial too as using simple and general words can misguide your customers ended up in reaching to wrong side. For this you should think strategically and get an idea of what your audience will think of words when searching for the products or services you are offering. Simple, striking and more importantly the hashtags must be highly relevant to your brand will remain in the minds of your audience.     2- Post High Quality Images:  Visitors like natural, beautiful images on...

Keyword research is rather a challenging task to do. Are the conventional marketing strategies not enough to reach high? Not quite. Absence of effective keywords can lead your whole marketing campaign to the wrong side whether it is paid or organic. If you want your website at top rank, here are five easy tips for doing that. 1- What your Business is About? Of course you know what are you going to sell but researching thoroughly for keywords that in how many ways your business can target your audience is so important. What are their interests, what bothers them? Knowing their language, communities, and social networks will help you in understanding them better. Automatically new ideas will be intercepted in your mind when you start to broaden the focus of your business scope and needs of your customers. 2- Brainstorming for Keywords:  Do you have figured out briefly about your audience and brand demands, here comes next the keyword generation. Start from the keywords you ...

What professionals and experts say about LinkedIn marketing? We add some of the best reviews of renown marketers in this blog for your information.   1- Head of Strategy And Income Generation at Purple Frog:           “Easy to use, effective but a bit pricey so consider carefully”.                                                                                          Stephanie Reed  Pros: Targeting and segmenting - target only relevant people Ease of use - very easy to learn and use Tracking and analysis - we can understand ROI and effectiveness of the ads Cons:  Cost! It costs a lot more than PPC and every lead we get is very expensive, so you should make your considerations well 2- Search Engine Mar...

As the warm handshake and a big friendly smile builds an initial relation of trust between strangers, a warm response from a brand or business works in the same way. Today more and more businesses are running with the provision of welcoming and warm customer experience in order to gain the trust of the customers and acquire money. Here are some interesting, easy, and actionable tips to boost your sales. 1- Show Emotion In The Messages On Online Platforms: Humanize your conversations and personalizing it with the messages that show care and kind tone will project a good image on people. Whether it is an email or comment on social media, adding emoji and caring sentences will bring a mammoth change in the minds of people about your business. A simple smiley after giving any information or good news can give a soft and friendly impression. Change your ‘OK’ to ‘its ok’ and ‘Sorry’ to ‘ I am really sorry’ and see how it will bring a pleasant change for your corporate identity and aff...

These 20 iPhone mockup designs will show you the flat mockup designs, simple designs as well as catchy and elegant realistic designs. Excellent presentation is all about adding templates and layouts of high quality, these creative mockups are easy to use. Below given mockups are of iPhone 6, IPhone6S, and iPhone Plus. The colours are black, white, grey, golden, and rose pink. iPhone 6 MOCKUP WIREFRAME SKETCH DOWNLOAD SLATE STYLE IPHONE 6 / 6+ MOCKUP [SKETCH] DOWNLOAD 3D IPHONE 6 PLUS PSD VECTOR MOCKUP   DOWNLOAD IPHONE 6S PLUS FRONT AND ANGLED PSD   DOWNLOAD IPHONE 6 PLUS LANDSCAPE   DOWNLOAD IPHONE 6 PLUS ON MACBOOK DOWNLOAD FREE PSD MOCK-UP: IPHONE 6 PLUS   DOWNLOAD IPHONE 6 INFINITY MOCKUP   DOWNLOAD FREE IPHONE 6 PLAYFUL PSD MOCKUP DOWNLOAD  IPHONE 6 PSD MOCKUPS   DOWNLOAD  IPHONE 6 PHOTOGRAPHY MOCK-UPS   DOWNLOAD  VINTAGE ...

Don’t you feel hateful by the nasty odor that strikes your face when entering the home? You expect your sweet home to be scented with pleasant smell but if disgusting smell welcome you, the first question that comes to mind will be from where it is coming? And after discovering the source the next question will be how can I get rid of it! The tips given below will be helpful to you in such disgusting cases. The Culprit May be the Trash Bin: In most of the cases, your trash bin is the source of the foul odor.  But logically and unsurprisingly a trash bin does smell as all the junks and rubbish house is thrown into it. What to do now? You can apply certain tips to get rid of bad fumes cover the surrounded area. Throw the trash before the smell goes unbearable will be your first victory against the revolting smell. Secondly clean your bin thoroughly at least once a week. Using scented bags will be of great help that reduces the odor to some extent at least. One for All- t...

The structure of the foot, if abnormal, may cause pain in the hips, knees, knee ligaments, and back. Experts say that all these ailments can be linked to foot pronation or flat foot. The foot bears as much as five times the body weight. The human foot has three arches and they all work together to distribute load during walking, running or jumping. Normally, the arch of the foot becomes flat to absorb shock but in the presences of overpronation it rolls in during impact, making it unable to evenly absorb shock. Causes: This abnormal shock distribution causes deformation in the biomechanics of knees, pelvis, and back which can result in pain. Flat feet limit motion of the ankle and hips move inwards towards the centre of the body. Arches higher than normal move the hips outward imparting excessive stress on pelvis and spine Signs and Symptoms: The initial symptoms are pain: During standing and other physical activities, pain may be felt in the ankle, shins, knees, and th...

Getting screwed while doing work using woods? It is because you are ignoring some basic safety tips that avoid the repetitive fear of hand being cut by a sharp blade. Improvising or neglecting safety measures are the major cause of construction site accidents. Carpentry can be a joyful hobby in leisure time, creating a structure utilizing own ideas when completed gives a sense of pleasure and proud. Patience should be preferred while cutting the woods. If you are a professional carpenter, it means your living is tied to this work. Surely, you do not want to cut your hand that may take many days to recover, be careful not to come at this serious point. Here are some tips so simple to follow but worthy to be applied, so do what you love with safety! Show Some Responsibility: Keep that in mind that you are doing a work that requires concentration and maturity. Carpentry and alcohol/drugs is a dangerous fusion. Some people drink alcohol or drugs during work to avoid any urge until th...

Today, email marketing campaigns are important and more complicated to manage. Following are the points to guide you for successful email marketing campaign. Build Relationship by Sending Relevant Content: Your subscriber signs up and accepts receiving your emails means you now got a chance and using it strategically, intended results can be acquired. When your subscriber accepts for daily mail receiving, you should send daily with a different but relevant message each time, if you don’t then it may be a loss for you. Bring automated messages into work and create an engaging and attractive flow of emails that have introductory messages in the first mail then inform them about your offers, products, services etc.  Share the content of their interest or is there a new blog post? Send them! Too many emails may ruin your reputation; try sending with 2-3 days gap. This balanced emailing technique will prevent you from dropping the relationship with the subscriber. Ask for Permi...

SEO and content are two different things but relies on each other over many aspects. Quality content proves itself as instant conqueror in short term and long term marketing strategies. A well engaging and nicely written content escalates the attention of the audience, which then comes to a happy ending that is, high sales. Great Content Wins The Trust: Nowadays, people want to know more about your business to ensure that the product they are buying is worth purchase. A nicely written content simply reassures the audience about the rectitude and authenticity of the brand. Turning the trust towards you can be done in many ways as creating powerful website content, blog posting on authoritative sites, and invite any expert of your industry to guest post on your website will drastically increase the trust of readers. Increase Dwelling Time with Lower Bounce Rate: When content shows your business offerings in a well-written piece of writing, the chances of people staying and read y...

What winters bring? Hot coffee and cosy environment in the well insulated house! But you can only enjoy them fully if you keep yourself safe from this hazardous weather. Safety Tips For Home: Firstly, staying at home in winters is not the guarantee to be safe. Whether at home or outdoors, appropriate precautions should be taken. Take these steps to keep warm during winter months. Prepare Your House For Insulation: To avoid the expansion and explosion of water lines, make them insulate. These are usual accident cases in winter and insulating them will keep you safe. Seal your doors and windows and install insulation systems to keep the outside cold air outside! Storms in winter could be so dangerous and breaking of windows in this sort of environment can make things worse, install storm-resistant windows to avoid any unwanted situation. Check The Heating System: Have you called for professionals to take a look at the insulation and heating systems? Get your heating ...

With the inventions and discoveries in different industries of the world, new developments are carried out that has made many tasks a lot easier.  In the digital realm, wordpress is a beneficial entry. Over 70 million websites are currently using WordPress including many popular ones. You can see its wide use by Google trends chart and you will know that its versatility and simplicity has taken it high. Some people think of it as a blogging platform only but it is actually multipurpose through which blogs and websites can be developed with hundreds of themes and over thousands of plugins available capable to manage all your requirements. And this most wanted platform of today is an open source and basic costs nothing but the premium does! Is Being Open Source And Free The Only Plus Of WordPress?  Absolutely not! We can say that it is not only but probably the best. So now you are wondering that how it is beneficial for websites especially content management, proper layo...

Do you believe of Facebook as an unbeneficial sales channel? It's not dead but a misunderstood channel, using it cleverly and it may become your leading marketing platform. Likes Are Of No Use: Most marketers think that if Ads are going ok then there is no need to consider likes. It is rational for a businessman to think this way that users conversion is necessary than just likes on Ad. To candidly behold the benefits of likes, you have to look farther. Likes are like social proofs; people mostly go for the things having more likes and reviews. People who are clicking on likes may not buy anything from you but they may increase your leads. Do not underrate the value of likes as they represent how engaging your business page is. Over-Posting Can Uplift The Performance Of The Page: The balance between different strategies of social media marketing is necessary for the constant and meaningful engagement with the audience. Most businesses apply this technique but quantity does...

Local search engine optimization or Local SEO is popular for rendering great opportunities to local business. You can use targeted and organic SEO strategies for your business to take your website at the top of browsing results. Here going to share key factors that will guide you to improve your local business ranking. Google Checks For Reviews: Google’s new criteria for SEO is largely based on reviews. What people think about your company and how many reviews you have on your website now greatly matters. Ask your customers for feedback or review after service provision. You can send a follow up link through email to your happy customers. Google review link generator can also be used for review purpose. And here you have many reviews! Go For Links: You may hear about links that this is the dead strategy for ranking business high on search results. Well they are not really dead! You must do some hard work, find useful sites to link, as there are no shortcuts if you want to do...

The heel pain can be managed by conservative medical care in 90% of the cases. To manage the heel pain effectively, a combination of exercises and medications are usually used. Various treatment modes are available for heel pain and to improve the compliance for the selected treatment mode, patient education is important. The major aim for treatment is to reduce inflammation and stress on heel.   Causes of Heel Pain: There are many causes of heel pain. The over use or injury of heel cause the pain varying from mild pain to disability. Causes include: Plantar fasciitis Achilles tendonitis Bursitis Osteochondrosis Reactive arthritis Ankylosing spondylitis Sprains and strains Fracture When To Consult The Doctor: If you develop a heel pain, first try to relief it by taking rest and doing exercises. If your pain become consistent for three to four weeks, now its time to consult the doctor or podiatrist. Go to your doctor if: The pain suddenly starts. It becomes ...

In today's competitive business world where every item that needs budget goes through strict scrutiny, investment in graphic designing might be ignored by many. But if you so do, you are going to dive in multiple marketing strategies which could cost you more. Custom designing for your brand is like killing many birds with a single stone. Everyone is inundated by business messages and rarely turn their heads towards every company. You must be simple, different, interesting, and easily understandable by your logo, and for this, graphic designer is a must. Here is how a good design can give your business an exclusive identity and make your logo stick in minds of people. Design Is First Stop Of Customer Engagement: Whether it is your shop front, company logo, brochures, flyers or a website, design is the very first thing people notice, look, and feel. And this is where the first brick of a relationship with customers is placed. A study says that design makes people decide o...

It would be impossible to clean your kitchen without throwing all that trash you see everyday in cabinets or on refrigerator. Open your cabinet and you will find a pack of porridge with other snack packets fall down each morning or it is like eternity to get your pickle jar as it is placed behind unused jars and boxes. Take a quick look on your refrigerator too, what does it look like? An appliance with greasy top covered with empty bottles, drawing papers, useless slips or other stuff that should be thrown in trash long ago. No matter how much effort you put to clean the clutter but daily the kitchen depicts a picture of disorganized area that needs urgent cleaning. Get Ready For Decluttering: Grab your thoughts of how to manage the kitchen, don’t let them clutter like your kitchen. For decluttering you will need big sized garbage bags and boxes(put labels on them for your ease). The tools and washing cloth must be on your counter. Fill the sink with soapy hot water to get ...

PHP is hypertext preprocessor. You may think is it right? Well acronym does not always follow the sequence. PHP is an open, server side scripting language used for web development. Scripting language means it has code lines for the task performance. HTML is also a programming language for websites. Do not get confused between these two. HTML is the code execution from the user browser on client side while PHP is the server side execution of codes before they get to the user browser. PHP is a step of web development and HTML is used to instruct browser to display content to user. Applications Of PHP: PHP can be used on wide range of operating system like Linux, Solaris, Unix, Microsoft windows, MAC and other. It also supports web servers like IIS and Apache. With PHP, users have freedom to choose web servers and operating system they want to work on. PHP is used in following domain of development. Server-Side Scripting: It is the major area of application of PHP script. ...

There was a time when the major standard of ranking the websites was back linking but from then Google’s criteria have evolved much. This did not drown the value of back linking, if done correctly back linking can effectively grow organic traffic for your website. Now only quality link building methods still work reliably. You cannot request or buy the links, all you can do is to earn them. This blog will show you how. Guest Posting: High quality blog posts are better than long but low level posts. Although google has warned for guest blogs but if done right they could be beneficial. Firstly, find the best guest blog post sites, don’t stop chasing your competitor. Those blogs may have the guest post of them. Try to reach these blogs first and write more impressive and interesting guest post than your competitor. To slim your searching, use the word guest post and author name in quotation mark or else google will show other results. Next step is to build links to your websites ...