by Youssef Kassab | Jun 16, 2020 | Reviews
With COVID-19 causing a lock-down all over the world, a lot of schools and universities had to move their classes online. While some institutions already had learning management systems in place a lot of others weren’t ready and had to find quick solutions including Whatsapp groups and zoom calls.
Without any confirmed cure or vaccine for COVID-19 a big transformation is expected to happen in education. Schools will rely more on e-learning platforms and reduce the physical presence in their premises. To manage their classes efficiently, instructors need a Learning Management System that gives them control and flexibility.
If you are looking for an e-learning platform for your institution you will find many paid and free solutions that cater to different needs. I personally recommend Moodle: an open-source platform with a lot of features, a lot of available modules and a big community of users who are ready to support you if you face any issues.
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by Youssef Kassab | Apr 28, 2020 | How-To Guides
Heads up: I use affiliate links throughout this review. This means that I may receive a commission if you end up buying something from Constant Contact. If you do buy a Constant Contact subscription through my link — thanks so much! You’re helping me to keep this site running 🙂
Email marketing is still one of the main sales channels in 2020. Growing your own contact list has a lot of benefits. Email subscribers usually join your list because they are interested in your product or service and reaching them through emails is more efficient than social media or any other channel. Conversion rates of emails are up to 10 times higher than social media. Your emails can be personalized and well targeted.
In this articles I will show you 7 tools to grow your Constant contact email list.
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by Youssef Kassab | Mar 27, 2020 | How-To Guides
If you are reading this article you most probably already know the importance of blogs and looking for a way to get started. Most of us are not necessarily tech gurus and starting our own blog doesn’t need to be outsourced to a developer.
In this guide I will show you the steps to get your blog up and running in less than 30 minutes using Bluehost, one of the leading web hosting services.
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by Youssef Kassab | Jan 31, 2020 | Reviews
Heads up: I use affiliate links throughout this review. This means that I may receive a commission if you end up buying something from Constant Contact. If you do buy a Constant Contact subscription through my link — thanks so much! You’re helping me to keep this site running 🙂
Constant contact is a powerful email marketing tool that is very easy to use and master. With over 100 mobile responsive templates to choose from you can build a good-looking email in minutes without any coding or design skills. So is it actually this easy to use? Is it the best email marketing solution for you? Let’s find out…
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by Youssef Kassab | Nov 11, 2013 | Reviews
Computer networks are being the target of many attacks in addition to abuse 
from internal users making network and systems engineers life harder.
Over the years I tried many open source network monitoring solutions but none could satisfy all the needs and requirements of my network environment.
PRTG is a commercial network monitoring software that is powerful and easy to use. I downloaded it and installed a free trial for 30 days. The setup was very easy and the configuration guru helped me auto-discover the devices on the network and it was running in almost no time. (more…)
from internal users making network and systems engineers life harder.
