FREE Holiday WordPress Goodies and Templates!

Whether you're a business owner or website designer, chances are you might be feeling a bit blue from the effects of the economy these last few months.

Well it's time to cheer up!

If you've been out hunting Christmas or Holiday themes for your blog, website or pc I found a collection of sites with some great holiday offers, and some amazing goodies you can have to spruce things for the holidays.

Psst! For all the web designers who have been feeling the pinch, don't forget to plug into these sites to see if you can help your clients take advantage of some great (affordable) WordPress themes and website templates.

*WordPress*

Is your blog or website currently done with WordPress? Spruce it up with some holiday cheer. Follow the link below to see what Wordpress goodies you can have FREE:

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*Web Templates*

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“What are the other holiday specials from Template Monster?” you may ask. These are 15% discount for each Christmas Template and also Free Christmas Icon Set. Note these specials are active for this holiday season so you’d better hurry ...

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*Free Holiday Icons/Fonts*

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Have a great Friday everyone!

Virtual Employees Help Website Conversions

Over my last vacation (to Las Vegas) I sat thinking about the ideal situation for helping those who come to my website looking for products or services. When I'm gone, unless my assistant is available, then it's sometimes difficult for people to get an immediate answer to a question. They might have to send an email and wait for an hour or so for us to respond, OR they might have to call and leave a message.

Okay, no big deal I suppose. What's an hour when you have a lifetime right?

Wrong!

I decided to do some research on how to tackle this issue when I returned. I want people to feel as though I can be there in person to assist them if they have questions. After all, as they say "the fortune is in the follow-up."

My research led me to something that although it's not completely new technology could possibly solve my (and your) issues when you cannot personally attend to your site visitors. This is also a big one for me because I need an answer that provides solutions for getting visitor questions answered even when I'm busy working on something and cannot be interrupted.

Have you heard of Site Pal? SitePal is web-based software that allows you to create animated speaking characters that act as virtual employees on your website.

Bingo!

After investigating I learned that process is virtually automated, no technical experience is required and your characters can be changed whenever you want.

Using SitePal's easy-to-use, powerful online editing tool, you can:
• Customize the character to your liking
• Add audio through either voice recording or text-to-speech functionality
• Publish it to your website within minutes

For those of us who would like to be featured talking on our sites, but don't want to or aren't able to invest in video, they also feature a very neat photo-to-avatar conversion. So you can still put your own face forward on your website to assist your customers.

Here's some examples of how I would recommend using a Site Pal employee:

* Engage your visitors by asking them to take action and sign up for that great FREE report you give away with your newsletter.

* Provide information on specific products and services on your site.

* Increase conversions by having your Site Pal employee discuss your upcoming events and teleseminars.

The application is practically unlimited. For more information on site Pal, visit the links below:

Site Pal Website - Create an animated, talking character to assist your website visitors.