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Optimizing your Conversion Rate means the action that you want your visitor to take, you improve/optimize them. So visitors turn into buyers. It is a scientific and structured approach to improving the performance of your website. It does get complex as it seeks to understand/influence people. Tools for Conversation Rate Optimization: 1. Research and Analysis 2. User Survey 3. User Testing Your final takeaway is eCommerce Conversion rate optimization is new, strategic and here to stay. You are a smart entrepreneur so stay on top of the game. Also, remember that CRO is not a single exercise but a continual process of improvement. You are never "done" testing as there is always room for improvement.

Ten Ideas for how adults can improve social networking sites for kids. I was recently interviewed by a local high school student named Julian for his research project about the impact of social network sites on society. I always enjoy being interviewed by teens and end up learning something in the process. Julian asked a question that I have been thinking about since we spoke: "What can adults do to improve social network sites for kids?"

School districts are improving their physical security, but they might be neglecting the security of their computer infrastructure, if the results of an annual survey are any indication. The average physical safety rating of K-12 school districts improved by 39 percent over 2007, while the average cyber safety rating declined by 25 percent during the same time period, according to CDW-G's "2008 School Safety Index," which is designed to mark the current state of K-12 school safety.

Researchers gathering in Boston for the American Psychological Association convention detailed a series of studies suggesting that video games can be powerful learning tools - from increasing the problem solving potential of younger students to improving the suturing skills of laparoscopic surgeons.

The reported behavior improvements aren't universal, however. The study shows the biggest improvements in behavior took place among children in low-income households; experts speculate that the declines in bullying are probably confined to schools that have mounted coordinated programs to halt it.

Independent adjusters are sometimes required to meet with a contractor to review damages. An adjuster's goal is to reach an agreement with the contractor and work toward a speedy claim closure. Many contractors are reasonable professionals but, sometimes their goal is to increase their profit margin. In this article, you will learn a few tips to improve contractor inspections.

Enter social video games as a solution - immersive environments that simulate real-world problems. Today, technologically eager schools are replacing textbook learning with social video games, and improving learning outcomes in the process. Here's how they're doing it.

Hashtags can boost impressions, improve the search ability of your content, and encourage more people to talk about your brand. But using hashtags effectively, especially for business marketing, means doing more than just plugging them into your tweets on Twitter or posts on Instagram, Facebook or another social network. Here's what you need to know to use Hashtag Marketing better as part of your overall small business marketing strategy. - Trending Hashtags - Niche Hashtags - Branded Hashtags - Product or Service-Specific Hashtags - Call-to-Action Hashtag Ultimately, there is no one "right" type of hashtag to use to boost your social media posts. Instead, you'll be best served by using a wide range of hashtag types that are relevant to your business and your audience.

Greater part of the marketers and SEO devotees utilize classified promotions for traffic improvement. However, you should recollect that utilizing free classifieds for SEO must be done painstakingly.

10 Ways to Protect Your Digital Identity online.

AOL has unveiled a new online safety education Web site, SafetyClicks.com, and introduced an improved version of its free, downloadable parental controls software (parentalcontrols.aol.com). To develop content, SafetyClicks.com worked closely with ConnectSafely.org, a non-profit safety organization. For organizations and Internet safety experts that have direct contact with parents, educators, kids and teens, AOL continues to build relationships with them to promote awareness of online safety. "Friends of SafetyClicks.com" includes organizations such as ConnectSafely, ESRB, Enough Is Enough, Family Online Safety Institute, GetNetWise, Internet Keep Safe Coalition, iSafe, LOOKBOTHWAYS, NetFamilyNews, NetSmartz411, ParentDish, WebWiseKids, WiredSafety, WorkingMother.

Confused by all the clutter at the MySpace site? Look for a rehaul of the MySpace interface on 6/18/08, according to press releases today. MySpace design teams are hoping that the improvements will help attract social networking laggards to the site.

"Community Technology Programs Deliver Opportunities to Youth" is an 8:46 minute video in which young people help tell the story of why access to quality technology and training matters to their future. The video covers health improvement, educational achievement, workforce training and civic engagement of young people through the use of information and communications technology.

a very powerful article about the need to improve how filitering occurs at schools or other public facilities like libraries; ignorance among people like the late Justice Rehnquist and other US Supreme Court justices is disconcerting; it appears that the 19th century education practices in the training and professional development of our doctors, lawyers and chiefs in service to us through our government exacerbate the modern day problems with technology use and an open society.

Slick video made by the Pearson Foundation for COSN that explains the shifts that need to happen if we are going to enable students to become fully digital literate.
\nThe Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) provides a voice for K-12 education leaders who use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning. CoSN provides products and services to support leadership development, advocacy, coalition building, and awareness of emerging technologies.

How tech-obsessed iKids would improve our schools. One of the strangest things in this age of young people's empowerment is how little input our students have into their own education and its future. Kids who out of school control large sums of money and have huge choices on how they spend it have almost no choices at all about how they are educated -- they are, for the most part, just herded into classrooms and told what to do and when to do it.

With funding from Time Warner Cable of Rochester, the Rochester Institute of Technology-led Rochester Regional Cyber Safety and Ethics Initiative provides a community effort to improve cyber safety, security and ethics at the K-12 level, as well as for teachers, parents, and employers.

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is the most researched and the best-known bullying prevention program available today. * Proven to reduce bullying by up to 70% * Significant reductions in student reports of general antisocial behavior, such as vandalism, fighting, theft, and truancy\n * Significant improvements in the social climate of the classroom and student satisfaction with school life

See Cyber Bullying in the Digital Age. All three authors are clinical psychologists and Olweus Bullying prevention trained. They apply their expertise in this area to online problems related to cybersafety. Dr. Patty Afgatson works with over 100 schools in Cobb County School District, a suburb of Atlanta, GA.

The cellphone industry has a suggestion for improving the math skills of American students: spend more time on cellphones in the classroom.

The primary goal of the Digital Youth Network Program is to develop a model program that enables urban youth to become discerning new media consumers and fluent media producers.To be full citizens today, youth must be engaged, articulate, critical and collaborative. Youth must become creators - designers, builders & innovators - who can envision new possibilities. Youth must also be able to organize, navigate and judge the large amounts of information and media to which they now have access. Full citizens today must be reflective thinkers who are committed to personal and community improvement.