| Brand new affiliate banners
We have created a brand new set of banners for our affiliates to help you advertise Heart Internet and generate more revenue from your website. As you can probably tell with our website and banners, we like the colour green but we know that not every site suits a green banner so we have created a new batch of banners for our affiliates to choose instead. A few examples include...
To see the full range and add these banners to your site, login to your Heart Internet affiliate control panel and navigate to 'Banners'. From here simply copy the code of the banner you want and paste it on to your web site.
If you are not already signed up to our affiliate program click here to find out more information about the Heart Internet web hosting affiliate program.
If you have any suggestions for future banners let us know and we'll see what we can do.
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Reseller API Beta Launched
We are pleased to announce that the Beta version of our brand new reseller API is now available for you to test. The API allows deeper integration with our systems for resellers who have the necessary programming knowledge. Most of the frequently-used reseller functionality has been included allowing you to set up hosting packages, register domain names, perform administration tasks such as deactivations or changing a package's limits and more via a programming interface.
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To become a Beta tester we are going to ask that you have been a Reseller for more than a year so that you understand our systems properly. If you fall in to this category you will find a signup button has been added to the new API page in your control panel.
To log in to your reseller control panel
To read more about the API on our blog |
Interview with my-igloo.net's Evie Milo
We had a chat with freelance web designer Evie Milo creator of www.my-igloo.net…
What are your most effective methods for attracting new clients?
I attract new clients through the work I've done and can honestly say that 95% of new clients come to me because I have been recommended to them. The only cold calling I have ever done is when I initially started out and the thought of it filled me with dread. So I devised a cunning plan and created a short animation entitled 'Seeking Big Fish' - you can view it on my website - I placed it in a password protected directory and sent out an illustrated postcard to the companies in Edinburgh I wanted to work with. After checking my website stats to see which of the companies had logged in - each had a different username - I phoned them up to talk business. They all liked my approach and some put my details on file and others became my first ever clients.
How do you find inspiration and/or motivation to do a job for a client whose industry you have no interest in or experience of?
I've had a few projects where I've had no understanding or sometimes no interest in the industry sector of particular clients, that's why the new client questionnaire is so handy - I find out a bit more about them and also their competitors. I then spend some time online doing research into the industry and also have a good look at what their competitors are doing. From that I can get a good feel of what kind of website the client needs and then the design comes quite easily after that. I have my usual forms of inspiration for all the work that I do -
• I use scrapbooks a lot which are filled to the brim with images, typography, patterns, photography, colours that I find interesting - these are all cut out of magazines, newspapers, leaflets etc
• Every year I create a new folder within my bookmarks to store links to all the sites I love - whether it's because of the functionality or the design or the use of typography and I look at these a lot.
• I also find inspiration in film, videos, animations, music and art.
The Interview continues here...
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Tales from the blog
The Heart Internet blog is updated regularly each week with useful ideas, tips and news to help you with your website, so make sure you keep checking back for the latest posts.
• Is 2009 the beginning of the end for Internet Explorer?
• 5 great open source graphic and web design alternatives
• System Admin's favourite FireFox add-ons
If you are one of our customers and you would like to increase your site's profile amongst our blog's readers why not submit an article for us to post on our blog? As well as posting your article we will link to your site along with a couple of lines about you and your site. If it is really good we will link to it in our monthly newsletter. If you would like to get in touch to discuss any ideas or to find out more email us marketing@heartinternet.co.uk
Win everything you need for the summer
 For your chance to win...
• A brand new top of the line BBQ
• A hamper full of food and drink
• A hammock
• A beach ball and flying disc
• A Wind up radio for the beach
Answer this question correctly:
What date was "5 great open source graphic and web design alternatives" posted on our blog?
Send your answer (providing your name, date of birth and postal address) to marketing@heartinternet.co.uk. Please see terms below
Competition terms:
• The competition closes 31/07/09. Any entries made after this date will not be included in the prize draw
• Entrants must be aged 18 years or older
• The winner will be notified within 28 days of the end date
• If any of the prizes stated above are unavailable, we reserve the right to source an alternative prize of similar value
• There is no cash alterative
• Entries without a name and postal address will not be included
• Heart Internet reserves the right to end this offer or amend these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice
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