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How to Build a WordPress Website – Youtube Video Tutorial

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If you are looking to make a website yourself then the best way is to either follow a written step by step tutorial, or then learn from a video guide that shows you how to build one from scratch. WordPress is one of the easiest software to create your first site and so below I have included a  collection of videos that show you how it is done, so that you can follow the same and get started today.

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Watching these videos  you will learn how to create a website  with wordpress  and with a awesome Free template system you can get started  with a professional looking template design for your website. The WP Content Management System (wordpress) has one of the biggest collection of free plugins  that can add different  functionality to your website in just 1 click – that is why its the preferred website software for all the top webhosts.

I have included online video guides for different hosts like  Bluehost, Godaddy, Hostgator, WpEngine, Dreamhost and Hostmonster. I recommend Bluehost as a reliable  and budget host for a beginner website, but feel free to choose whichever hosting company comes across as the best to you.

1. Bluehost Online Website Building Tutorial

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In this bluehost video, Pat Flyn – Online Blogger shows you how to build a website with wordpress from scratch. Pat Flyn is a $40,000 a month super blogger and he knows what he is talking about. You can access the bluehost discount code link below to get started with the video

2. Godaddy Website Builder

Godaddy 2018 Special Deals

Godaddy is one of the biggest domain name sellers online that has a massive range of website products from hosting to SSL certificates, Ecommerce shops, domain auctions and many more. They are well known for their regular sales for domain names where their prices for a domain name go as low as $0.99 cents for a .com domain name and $1 a month for wordpress hosting(sometimes with a free domain name). Check out their special deals below.

3. Dreamhost 1 click install Website Maker

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The tutorial  by shaun Timmey is pretty straightforward if you want  to set a wordpress website up using 1 click install. Dreamhost provides shared and managed WP hosting. Dreamhost has a 1 click installer like so many other hosts and this step by step video guide will take you through the steps  to install a website quickly with Dreamhost. Click below to get the latest discount from Dreamhost.

4. WPengine New WordPress Install

2018 WPengine Deal

In this video by Chris Hardin you will learn how to add a new installation of WordPress to your WP Engine server using the WP Engine’s Dashboard tools. This is the first step regardless id your creating a new website or migrating and existing one to WP Engine. This video is a bit old and the dashboard has changed, but the process is till quite similar for a install. Click below for the WPengine Deal

5. Start a Free/Paid Blog with WordPress.com

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In this video by Amir Parmar, a step by step tutorial is given on how to start a blog on WordPress.com. In this video you will learn how-to create blog posts/pages with images and text for your blog and make your blog look like a website.

WordPress.com has both free and paid versions – The free version is more suited for people who are just blogging as a hobby, while the paid version is more suited to people who want to blog as well as make some side money from their blog/website

Learn to get your domain name, hosting, install WordPress, create your website, make a logo and the best tips and tricks to make your website #1

Here are some other  blog posts that should help you with starting a blog :

I hope one of these online video tutorials helped you get started today. If  there is anything I can help you with – please feel free to shoot me a comment here or get in touch via the contact page button and I would be glad to help you out 🙂

Disclosure: Digital Grog is a professional blog and review site that receives compensation from the companies whose products we review. We test each product thoroughly and give reviews based on our own usage and testing to only the very best. We are independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own.

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Get your antivirus for just $25 may special

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Consider this a Coupon code for your AVG antivirus discount special for may 2016.

I have Installed AVG free previously , because it’s what I have trusted and recommended to friends for years as a solid free anti-virus to have in the background in addition to Malwarebytes every few days. By default it installs zen and PC tuneup. I Don’t think much of it because I don’t use extensive features of the program, but its okay if those features are of use to you.

I have also written about a comparison of different Antivirus software over here , if you want a detailed price comparison of Online protection software.

The $25 AVG anti-virus  deal

To celebrate 25 years, AVG is giving  computer protection software and antivirus for just $25!

Quickly! AVG Protection Pro is for $25 only! Original price $59.99.

AVG AntiVirus Free (2016) Review & Rating

This anniversary special lasts till the end of May so hurry up and get the deal if you need  this software!

THE GOOD

  • Very good malware protection
  • Very quick scans
  • Lots of configuration options

THE BAD

  • Incessant ads to upgrade to paid versions (if you are on the free version)

AVG offers manual and scheduled AV scans, Link Scanner to check against browsing to dodgy sites, identity protection – checking for apps stealing personal details – and an email scanner looking for damaging attachments.

With dozens of ways to customize it, AVG AntiVirus Free is for security-minded cheapskates who want to tune and adjust the program’s protection and performance.AVG Free is available for PC, Mac and Android, so this management app can be a useful tool.

Antivirus Protection

Both AVG AntiVirus Free’s active scanner and Resident Shield real-time scanner, which always runs in the background, match suspect software against a constantly updated database of malware signatures.

AVG Technologies began in 1991 and is now one of the biggest players in the antivirus software market with corporate offices in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.

OUR VERDICT

AVG  continues to be one of the best free antivirus programs you can download. It offers a good selection of key protections, though you do have to be careful to install the right product.

4 DOMAINS FOR $40 DOLLARS, FIND OUT HOW

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[updated 26 January 2015]  I have been a go-daddy customer for many years now  and one of the reasons is they constantly are quite competitive  with other providers and also quite often come up with some ridiculously low price deals like $1.99 domain offers.

But the beauty of my last transaction as  you will see below is  that  you can get really cheap  prices just using  their existing offers, once you are logged in and purchasing domains. You can sign up here.bet online on melbourne cup 2014

$40 for 1 domain ( 2 years term  + 3 Domains 1 year term) from godaddy

To give you an idea of the savings i got , if you take the 1 year term price for 1 domain which you normally get for say $17 a domain , then the four domains ( 5 year terms so 5 x17 = $85 and i got this for $40 )

Here is the snapshot of my order below

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I managed to get  not only  1 Domain for two year term, but also  another extra three domains  for  1year term and all it cost me was $40.03 cents. On a normal day  a domain like this ( without any offer) could cost me  anywhere from $15 to 22 per domain.

I wanted a .com domain , so i searched for a domain after signing into  go daddy and then   got a domain that was available,  i got this domain for the existing offer of $3.99 when i took it for two or more years , so i took it for 2 years and it cost me only $21.98, so roughly that is $10 a year , which is quite cheap.

SO when i got his , go daddy immediately  suggested that there are 3 other similar domains available for whopping  70 % off. I decided to check it out , because you cant ignore a 70 % off offer and so just added it to my cart.

These domains were the . org . net  and .info version of my main purchased .com domain and would come handy for my internet marketing and so i clicked the  add to cart Button.

DID I GET DOMAIN Conned  with a $570 BILL ?

I came to the check out  cart and got a big SHOCK,  my cart showed me something like $570. The i  re-checked and  the domains were defaulted to 5 years terms by godaddy, so make sure you change them to  1year or 2 years term as you prefer.

Because i didn’t take the default  5 year terms on eh  three domains, I lost on some discount, but i still managed to get  a whopping 66% discount on the additional 3 Domains.

So these 3 Domains  got priced at $17 for all three, so i got  each domain for a Dirt cheap price of $5.66 for a year.

Here is the snapshot of the three domains  i got @66% discount

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Happy  Domain hunting!!   and if you want  a further  discount go through  my referral link here , which i update  to include the latest deals available on godaddy, so if there is a new deal  going on  on godaddy.com you will get it

20 Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals for Web professionals and more

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Yes Black Friday and cyber Monday is not only about deals or coupon codes for people in the online website/ blogging/internet marketing and SEO consultation industry, but the deals are getting more widespread with most businesses getting in on the bandwagon and offering mazing deals just for this short period. It’s more an US thing really, but there is no reason why we aussies cant partake of this great deals they offer during this period

Increasingly to our benefit the deals which were once only available for these two days, now many providers are actually starting their deals earlier and in many cases extending it throughout the period right up to cyber monday and beyond. With his deals you don’t need a coupon codes.

2013 Black Friday Cyber Monday Deals

Normally as this is mainly a two day deal frenzy, you can grab deals sometimes upto 50% off or then get bundled deals providing value up to 2 to 5 times the benefit of a regular deal. Below I am listing some black Friday and cyber Monday deals for mainly web and internet professionals and will also include some links to other big retails companies where you can grab some other stuff cheap.

These promotions are available over the Blackfriday/ Cybermonday weekend only and may not be extended.

You can click on my affiliate links to grab the offers from which I will also benefit. Last year I got some amazing deals from many online internet services providers like WPZOOM WordPress themes ( got 335 off in 2012), Go daddy domains (got heaps of cheap domains) , Elegant themes ($39 for 76 wordpress themes including any newly released ones) Bluehost web hosting deals , Hostgator (got 50 % off on web hosting in 2012) for me and my clients.

It’s a good idea to get the deals now while the offers are on, rather than when the prices are back to normal and you are likely to be paying double the price.  The biggest discounts for Australians and bloggers like me on Black Friday are things like software, wordpress themes and web hosting, you can lock in savings from anywhere between 50% to 75%.

Domain Registration Deals 2013

Godaddy.com

You can get $1.99 domains

$1.99 .Com at GoDaddy.com! coupon codes

Grab a domain while it’s cheap from go daddy the top domain registrar on the internet

Smartyhost

SmartyHostSmartyHost australianhosting offers codesAffordable Australian-based Web Hosting and domains Provides Domain Name Registration & Websites.Offer-  Please check – Aply discount code 123 and you will get 10% off the order . $20 per year for popular new domain names

 

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Webhosting for blogs and websites in 2013

If you buy a domain or already have a domain or domains you will need hosting, so grab a deal before the price comes back to its normal prices. Most hosting providers listed below will allow you to have multiple blogs hosted by buying one hosting package so if you have bought 5 to 10 domains you can host it all in your hosting package

Bluehost Hosting

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Bluehost is a reliable hosting service for websites and blogs, they’ve been around for a while, and they’ve got a 24-hour phone line so you can always talk to a real human if your site is having any issues. These rates that have never been offered before, Saving a little bit on a recurring plan can save you a lot over months. Click on affiliate banner above to get the deal

 

Hostgator Hosting

Hostgator i going to add to the biggest discounts of 2013!! They are doing promotions ALL weekend long (Friday through Monday) as well aslimited time flash sales each day with even BIGGER discounts!  Currently they have 20% off ( banner below)

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Hostgator is kicking off Black Friday in style with a 1 hour flash sale for 75% OFF Hosting (starting at only $1.24/m) and $1.95 domains. This will run from 12 AM central to 1AM Central, November 29th.

Dreamhost Hosting

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Dreamhost is currently offering webhosting for $3.95 a month  and 2 DOMAINS FREE. You can use our website special promo code DIGGROG69 if you take up this offer.

 

Godaddy hosting – $1.99 or  32% off on hosting

Here’s a Black Friday deal you don’t have to wait in line for! Click on link below to register your $1 .COM, .US, .MOBI, .BIZ, .NET, .ORG, .CA, .CO.UK or .IN domain name! Get the details and your $1 domain at http://x.co/digitalgrg

$1.99/Mo. for 12 months of Economy Hosting at GoDaddy.com

We have these great ways for you to stay on top of the developing GO DADDY Black Friday 2013 Ads, Black Friday 2013 Coupons, Black Friday 2013 Deals, Black Friday 2013 Rumors, and Cyber Monday 2013 Deals here at Digitalgrog.com. Book mark us to check thelatest offers, go daddy can offer better deals in the course of this sale week

Hostmonster

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Enjoy  HostMonster unlimited web hosting as low as $4.95 per month instead of the regular price of $6.99/month with this HostMonster Black Friday 2013 sale. Click banner above to see if you qualify for this deal

 

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2013 WordPress themes for blogs

If you got a domain and webhosting you are pretty much done to get a website up and running, but quite likely you will be stuck with some boring themes available for free from word press or then themes that are sometimes not updated that regularly which are available for “free from wordpress”

You are better off buying a theme membership package, where you will get access to more than 20 to 50+ themes depending on provider and get various different themes to suit your website for eg , shop theme , new website theme , deals website theme , Photography blog theme etc

With these Membership packages it’s either a monthly fee or a lump sum yearly fee and you get support if you run into any trouble with themes and themes are also updated to be in line with the regulator word press updates that happen. You don’t want a theme that is not regularly updated and let hackers into your website.

I am a member of all these themes below and I have used all of them on my different websites

Elegant themes

This has been one of my all time favourites in word press theme providers  for 3 reasons.

  • The most amazing prize for a quality theme provider – $39 for 86 themes
  • Different types of themes, shop theme , portfolio theme, news theme they got it all
  • Small them file sizes in spite of the top quality means super fast theme loading times

They don’t need to provide a discount code because its a everyday discount at elegant themes. Get it here

Wpzoom themes

WP Zoom themes – They got a nice set of professional news  and magazine themes in addition to blog and portfolio themes which are designed different from the elegant themes look – I’ve purchased the$9/mo -$199 SIGN-UP FEE membership option, but there are other –See pricing options

 

Solostream themes wordpress themes

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My this blog uses the solostream clear template – Truly SEO optimised and nicely structured blog. This word press theme compares to ( other theme providers like thesis and studio press which are  $75 to 200 range ). Its a  premium blog theme with excellent AdSense advertising options inbuilt which you can use for affiliate/advertising links as well which is not available inbuilt in some other premium themes.

Theme forest word press themes

Australia offers themeforest blackfriday deals

You can grab great wordpress themes from as low as $3 from themeforest or the envato marketplace for themes ( clickhere ) and you can also access their vast collection of wordpress plugins over here . Currently no deals available

Thesis themes

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Similar to our Boxing Day sales, Black Friday and its online cousin Cyber Monday is one of the biggest days on any bargain-hunter’s calendar in the USA.

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Gadgets deals for 2013

Who doesn’t like a gadget, it’s the generation of smart everything – if you are a busy person and on the move you will need to be connected all the time. Below are some deals to keep you in touch with your inner gadget geek.

Apple has released some deals on their ipads etc. , they are not fantastic but still a deal, you might want to check with JB hifi and other before buying tho

Here are some prices

iPad: A$498 – save A$41
• iPad 2: A$398 – save A$31
• iPod touch (5th gen): A$298 – save A$31
• iPod touch (4th gen): A$194 – save A$25
• iPod nano: A$158 – save A$11
• MacBook Pro (13″ Retina): A$1,794 – save A$105
• MacBook Pro: A$1,244 – save A$105
• MacBook Air: A$994 – save A$105
• AirPort Express Base Station: A$108 – save A$11
• AirPort Extreme Base Station: A$178 – save A$21
• Time Capsule: A$298 – save A$21
• Apple Magic Mouse: A$64 – save A$11
• Magic Trackpad: A$64 – save A$11
• Apple Wireless Keyboard: A$64 – save A$11
• iPad Smart Case: A$44 – save A$15
• iPad Smart Cover (Polyurethane): A$34 – save A$11
• iPad Smart Cover (Leather): A$58 – save A$21
• Apple In-Ear Headphones: A$88 – save A$11
• Apple EarPods: A$28 – save A$7

Cybermonday and Blackfriday is one of the biggest unites states online sales events in the year, it attracted more than 10 million shoppers and $1.25 billion in sales last year in 2012

The big Guns of the internet Amazon, DELL , Best Buy..

Yes the big guns like amazon and Best buy will always take part in such amazing days to flog their wares with some sweet deals, why not take advantage of it check out deals from the big guns below

Amazon has many amazing deals and they do ship a lot of products to Australia or the other option is to get a US Online shipper to transport your shopping over here.

Amazon Shipping Rates and Times to Australia

This page details information on shipping to Australia. Please refer to the links below for more information.

· Standard Shipping Rate Chart

· Expedited Shipping Rate Chart

· Priority Courier Shipping Rate Chart

· Surcharge Chart for Heavy or Bulky Media

· International Shipping Policies

AMAZON Black Friday /Cyber Monday Deals

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Dell Black Friday Deals are coming soon starting Nov 27th! You will be able to get laptop, tablet, & computer deals along with electronics deals. Check out their deals à 2013 Black Friday online deals

Dell will also be selling the Nikon D3200 DSLR for $499.99, down $260, and a Sharp 50-inch LED Aquos 1080p 60Hz HDTV for $498, down $250.

Dell’s Deals:

· Inspiron 15 Laptop – $599 (20% off)

· Inspiron 15R Laptop – $799 (27% off)

· Inspiron 15R Special Edition Laptop – $899 (30% off)

· XPS 15 Laptop – $1399 (30% off)

· Inspiron One 2330 Desktop – $999 (16% off)

· XPS 8500 Desktop – $1889 (30% off)

· Ultrashop U2412 Monitor – $279 (30% off)

Even though I found a aussie website saying they ship here, I could not find any information on thier US or Australian website , and as they have a Australian presence , I would be definitely checking if you can get the US deal before I click to commit . (The other way is get a shipment dealer to get the deals from us to Australia – details below)

Some BestBuy Deals in US for comparison

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· Sony Smart Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player for $54.99 (regularly $89.99)

· Google Chromecast for $29.99 (regularly $35)

  • 50″ TV Element 1080p LED HDTV for $229 at Target makes this the cheapest 50″ HDTV buyers have ever seen in the US

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Online fashion and Dress / Frock / Clothes Deals

 

If you are fashion and frock dress deals and offers for Australia for cybermonday and blackfriday. The US retailers are sharing some of the shopping love by extending some of the savings and free shipping offers to Australian shoppers Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Shopbop

Bloomingdale’s: Between the 20th — 25th of November the more you spend the more you save! Save $25 for every $200

Nordstrom: Up to 40% off designer brands and 50% off women’s Winter apparel, shoes and accessories, plus $19.95 flat shipping for orders over $100 AUD until Dec 10th.

Saks Fifth Avenue: Up to 70% off designer brands, and get $10.95 USD express shipping on orders of $250 USD or more with exclusive code: HOLIDAY1. (Thanks to fabsugar for this deals)

Personally I would like to see some deals from Marks and Spencers and ASOS.

Black Friday is held annually on the Friday after Thanksgiving, so it will land on Friday November 29 this year. There is also Cyber Monday on the Monday following Black Friday.

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Shipping for Australians  from US

Shipping for Australians  from US

Two providers that i could recommend  when ti comes to shipping from US to Australia is Qannu and myus.com. Both provide you with US address on registration and handle the shipping process for you to do hassle free online shopping in the US.

MyUS.com

MyUS.com helps shoppers shopping via us websites to shop without borders  by handling the whole shipping process, established since 1997. They are one of the largest leaders today in international package consolidation, serving more than 200,000 customers in over 220 countries.

Have Your Very Own U.S. Mailing Address

Click banner above to register with them

 

QANNU Shipping

Qannu  is a unique delivery service for Aussie bargains which allows you to participate in the biggest retail sale in the world and have exclusive brands delivered right to your doorsteps. As Australia’s first fee-free online package (pay only one international delivery fee) forwarding service, Qannu cuts shipping costs for Australian online shoppers purchasing goods from the US

Single or multiple goods are packaged at Qannu’s US warehouse, shipped and then hand-delivered to customers’ doorsteps in Australia within five to eight days. There are no joining fees, membership fees or personal shopping fees. Consolidating your orders into one package to send to Australia will save heaps on shipping.

Register with qannu here

I would suggest have a think about what you would probably need through the course of the year and buy and keep it now while the deals are on, if you end up using even 50 % of the stuff you bought you already got a sweet deal.

Smartphone App launched by Dan Murphy’s Australia

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If you like a glass of wine or beer or spirit, getting your favourite beer or wine has just become easier with the new DAN MURPHY’S SMARTPHONE APP. Dan Murphy’s has just launched their new application for smartphone that makes it easier for you to browse what’s available in their store on your smartphone and even place an order

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I downloaded the Dan Murphy’s smartphone app this weekend and was quite surprised with the professional looking and functional app that they have produced. The app screen makes it easy to browse and search the store for wines, beers and other alcohol and the weekly deals etc. are conveniently placed just in reach of a quick tap on the screen.

Dan Murphy’s gets social with smartphone launch

 

Right now they are offering the special smartphone application launch deals… so go grab it. When i checked on my phone there was the “ Yellowglen Vintage Perle”  white wine award winner for $89.40 for a case of 6 bottles with delivery. That brings the price down to $14.90 for a bottle for this classic vintage wine (definitely a good deal to get delivered to your home).

The Dan Murphy’s app main screen is as below (in pic)

dan murphys New mobile app

If you tap on the left bottle icon , you get taken to the screen with weekly deals/offers, search , store finder and  your account. Its advisable to  create a account if you get alcohol regularly from  Dan murphy’s. You can shop for alcohol right from this app and either get it delivered ( if available – mostly on six or 12 packs )  or pick it up from store. The bottom right shopping cart button on the screen shows what alcohol you have already checked in or bought via the smartphone app

The Dan Murphy’s story in short

In 1952 a bright young man, Daniel Francis Murphy was working in a liquor store owned and run by his father Timothy Murphy. Dan looked around one day and decided that he could run the shop better than his father and requested to take the reins and the rest is history.  Today  he has about 140 stores all around Australia and it is part of the Woolworths chain.

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App download screen in Google play

According to wikipedia

“Dan Murphy’s is an Australian liquor supermarket chain owned by Woolworths Limited, which also owns BWS, another liquor chain with smaller stores. Dan Murphy’s competes principally with 1st Choice Liquor Superstore”

I tried out a special feature on the Dan Murphy’s  app, this app has got label recognition technology built in to the app. If you just click a photo ( via camera icon/button in app- see pic below) of  a label of the bottle in your bar or fridge and if the item is stocked at Dan Murphy’s, the app will come back with the current price of the bottle and also provide  information and reviews on the drink ( pretty neat huh).

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This new app from Dan Murphy’s could possibly do wonders for many undiscovered small brands or relatively unknown wineries, by bringing them  into focus and increasing their audience  by putting them on  show to the world.

With an increasing number of smartphone users now using their devices to research products or services on-line, apps like this one are becoming the norm for tech-savvy shoppers. The Dan Murphy’s App is free to download onto your android and apple devices.

Customers can download the Dan Murphy’s App for free on their iPhone or Android device by searching for “Dan Murphy’s” in the App Store.

For more information on the Dan Murphy’s App and to view an instructional video, please visit:www.danmurphys.com.au/guides/app-content.

So go give this app a whirl , say cheers to me  and my blog “Digital GROG” and let me know your views on the app

The Instagram Purchase – What Does It Really Mean?

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The investment of a cool $1 billion from the Facebook bank account was enough to purchase the digital photo-editing app Instagram, in a deal that has led inevitably to some people claiming that Zukerberg and his firm are all cash and no sense. What, in the grand scheme of it, could this purchase mean?

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Facebook’s user lists will grow even more. For a network with a usership only slightly smaller than the population of China, it could be argued that the last thing they need is more members. However, with Instagram’s usership listed at over 30 million accounts, more viewers is exactly what Facebook will get. Many users have already speculated that it was actually this which caused Zuckerberg to get his wallet out in the first place.

Instagram Will Change. That 30 million user figure does a hell of a lot to show you that the app got something seriously, seriously right. How, though, will the new purchase change the app? It seems hard to believe that it will have no effect at all, and many users have reacted to the purchase by simply disconnecting from the app. How the changes will be made has yet to become apparent, but we’d be surprised if there were none at all.

Zuckerberg will do anything to remove competition. Whilst Instagram started as a simple photographic app, there is no denying that in the weeks leading up to the sale it was becoming a legitimate social demon. After all, the first day of use by Android users involved a massive one million uploads, making it essentially a very serious social competitor to Facebook. Or at least it was, until the ‘lightning strike’ deal was struck.

Entrepreneurs rejoice. With only thirteen staff, this sale means that the Instagram head honcho Kevin Systrom will stand to make an extra-ordinary $400 million personally, with his co-founder Mike Krieger also pocketing a cool $100 million. The Instagram sale is a proven example of what one good idea can do.

Charlotte Daniels is a tech fanatic and freelance writer working in association with FactoryFast Online Shopping.