We can announce at Quixotic that within the next few weeks we shall be adding Open Graph to the list of services we shall be offering via our Social Media Optimisation page. We have been testing the new usages such as using the new Facebook meta data, adding the Facebook like button, and other social tools such as social activity, recommendations, adding Facebook comments to your site and now even setting up Facebook Insights to track your domain in addition to using it for keeping an eye on your fan page interactions. The possibilities are very exciting indeed and here is a snippet from a very interesting article which goes into more detail about the intentions and purposes of Open Graph and speculates many possible routes it could evolve down.

An article published recently on SEOWizz – Search Engine Optimisation Consultant.

Just over a month ago Mark Zuckerberg & co also known as Facebook dropped a bit of a game changer at their annual F8 conference. The announcement of Open Graph has created a whole new layer to Facebooks existence and functionality as it moves another step closer to becoming the first true semantic search engine. Before I get into that let me break down the contents of Open Graph.

Open Graph API

The API is a piece of web based software which allows the interaction and communication between websites, their pages (objects) and the Facebook database (Open Graph). Its both an attempt to allow webmasters to better inform Facebook of their contents and allow them to build an even more content rich social network. Let’s say you went to watch Strictly Come Dancing on BBC iPlayer or something on 4OD and by doing so automatically allowed the API to access your information on Facebook, it could then recommend alternative shows to watch based on your favourite film and television listings on your public profile and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Yes, that’s right, here at Quixotic Media we have been working hard to deliver a stable and profitable affiliate platform that is both easy to use and still offers the features required for us to carry out our ambitions of marketing via word of mouth recommendations over paid advertising options both effectively and coherently.

So what are the terms? You sign up and you are automatically generated a link, you can mask or control this with an url shortener of your choice or by masking via your own site. When someone gets in touch you will be added as the lead and if that referred enquiry turns into a sale then 10% commission will be awarded to you. The cookie lasts 365 days so anyone you refer that comes back months later will still be associated with you and we have also provided a range of different banner graphics in different sizes for your marketing convenience.

So if you want to earn commission referring your friends, colleagues, business partners, twitter followers or whoever for web design, and other new media solutions then you have come to the right place.

To sign up to register as a new affiliate or to sign in to your account go to Quixotic Affiliates here you will be provided with further instructions.

If you have any questions about our service or would like to request to use your own designed banner click the contact link at the top of the page and let us know. The inspiration behind this strategy is the current success and great results we have experienced from clientèle recommendations and we wanted to thank our referrers in a more well substantial manner.

The Wake Up Cloud is a website about self improvement, motivation, healthy lifestyles and life hacking. The brief was to deliver a clean light site, that was easy on the eye and not too cluttered, whilst still being functional and making the most out of Web 2.0.

The emphasis has been based around the branding we designed early on in the design process. We again wanted to portray the web 2.0 style using soft gradients and clean layout.

The result is a well organised, well optomized lifestyle blog which Henri is very pleased with. For more information  click The Wake Up Cloud.

Kevin is part of a large circle of sucessful online marketers and works from all over the world spending just a short few hours per day to achieve great financial success and a large and loyal following.

We were first in contact with Kevin a couple of months ago and threw some ideas out on the table for a possible future blog redesign. The project brief was to be sharp, professional and promote his professional style without forgetting this guys got style too, and understands the importance of branding and standing apart from the crowd. We can now present this design in its entirety at MLM Success.

We used a rich purple as our base color for its bold and powerful qualities and quickly drew some lazer style curved lines so the first impression of the site has some life. We incorporated his professional photograph to help promote his human branding and wrapped it up with a bow.

Cheryl Currie has been a client of ours for some time now. We have already assisted in her blog management, and help develop her confidence with her content management.

After not so much deliberation Cheryl decided to take the leap sooner rather than later and follow suit in changing her WordPress framework over to Thesis. We wanted to maintain the original color scheme, whilst adding more flexibility and some enhanced yet minimal branding.

Cheryl’s confident approach to marketing and networking has gained her much attention and continues to help break down the jargon and give it to you straight. To view Cheryl’s new sparkling website go to “Ways to Make Money“.

After spending some time working on multiple MLM campaigns Josh approached me with the proposition of creating his personal blog, to give him a medium to deliver his experience, information and wisdom on all that is Multi Level Marketing.

Although Josh’s main instrument for his blog is his MLM knowledge he wanted people to see in his branding that hes not all suits and ties, and that he, like many of us has exciting hobbies. His favourite being surfing. We sat down and decided to develop his branding to let his readers know that you can be serious yet still appreciate the simpel things in life.

Testimonial

I have been looking at blogs for a few months now.  I took my time and made sure that I worked with someone who knew exactly what I wanted.  It was almost as if David Alexander was reading my mind.  As we went through the process of setting up my blog he walked me step by step and  filled in all the blanks.  The design was just what I was looking for and WordPress seems like second nature to me.  Blogging Rocks!  Thank You David and Quixotic…

You can find out more about Josh and his business at JoshKPaiva.com

Rose Clark is a Social Media consultant who helps deliver social marketing solutions to businesses of all different sizes.

Rose approached us with a new project to brand her business in a personal way, while keeping the overall design fairly simple. We created a nice soft blue, navy blue, gold and white color scheme which was just enough to give her branding some character.

We have also then taken her personal blog branding and helped to transition this across her social network profiles to continue the consistency, which is an important example for her to demonstrate to her clients.

You can find out more about Rose and her business at Rose Clark Media.

Thesis 1.6 is finally here, and from my quick analysis it looks to have gained some very useful features for both end users in the respect you now have more control over setting menu, background and other colors, and for developers in the respect of reliable drop down menus, some new custom hooks and im sure much more.

After making the necessary changes to the menu and the page css we upgraded our entire domain portfolio without any issues arrising. Thanks to Chris Pearson for his continual dedication to his Thesis project.

To find out more about the Thesis framework for WordPress click on Best WordPress Theme.

The Supremacy Method is a website for a regular client of ours. The Supremacy Method needed to have a minimal Thesis / WordPress site designed around an already created logo. We took the color scheme from the logo and incorporated it into other graphic elements around the site to stay consistent with the branding. The outcome is a very well delivered marketing resources website.

You can visit the website at Entrepreneurs Resources.

homeLonz is a real estate blog operated by Bruce Williams. Bruce wasnt 100% sure on which direction to take, after showing him several alternative branding styles we decided the best was to go simple and clean and make use of interesting and colorful typography to stand out.

The project involved graphic design, web design and consulting. homelonz.com is one of many of our clients who are now running the Thesis framework.

You can check out the site now at Real Estate.