Question 1

What is Gamification?

Accepted Answer

What it teaches:

Why data and measurements are not enough to motivate people
Why products, services and organizations are using gamification
How an internal team uses gamification to complete a project
Why gamification is becoming a part of everyday life
How gamification can be used by anyone

Video Transcript:

For many people, fun, exciting games are a reward for finishing the boring, monotonous tasks that make up our lives at home, school or work. Games and work often live in two separate worlds.

But what if it was different? What if completing tasks and routines felt more like playing games with points, achievements and competition? They would be more fun. That’s the big idea of gamification - to use game strategies to engage and motivate people to accomplish all kinds of tasks and achieve specific goals.

Think about it this way.

Finding the motivation to exercise and lose weight can be a challenge. When all we have is a scale to track our weight each week, it can be hard to feel excited.

Today, of course, we have fitness trackers that count the number of steps we take, distance and how many calories we burn. These basic features are useful, but alone, they’re still like a scale, with basic measurements.

That’s why many trackers also have features that turn exercise into a game with points, achievement levels and competition.

Now, let’s look at gamification in the workplace.

Blake was a project manager for a big new product. In the past, finishing a project came with a long list of assignments for his team.

But this time, Blake decided to do something different to test the new product. Instead of normal assignments, he made testing the product more like a game and used an internal website to make it happen. He added all the team members to the website, where they could see their progress on a leaderboard.

Rather than assigning testing tasks, he created challenges for team members with points for each challenge. Discovering problems and completing items earned the team members points and badges that everyone could see. When someone earned 50 points, they unlocked an award.

The project’s leaderboard became a way to rally team members. Along with points, each tester competed for bragging rights and put in extra time just to win. By making work tasks like a game, team motivation grew, the project became more fun and ultimately produced a better product.

Of course, this is just one example. When we collect points for travel, or even a free coffee, we’re involved in gamification. From household chores to work tasks, gamification can motivate people by making tasks fun and interesting - like a game.

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Question 2

How to generate website policies for your website?

Accepted Answer

There are various website policies you need to have as part of your legalities. This FAQ is not a replacement for proper legal advice from a qualified lawyer in your respective country.

I simply wanted to share a great resource that I have used to create my policies. Here is a video explaining:

How to generate legal policies for my website is one of these boring questions that still need to be taken care of.

In addition to showing you how to generate legal policies for your website, I also have some free templates to help you with that. You can get a copy of these policies samples on this website: https://store.eranbucai.com/website-policies-templates/buy

If you want to generate your own legal policies for your website using the software tool I shared in this tutorial, please use this link: https://link.eranbucai.com/WebsitePolicies

The different types of legal policies you can create would be:

And more!

How this video helped you answer the question of "How to generate legal policies for my website"

This video is not intended to give you any legal advice but simply to share a software tool I personally used that helped me generate legal policies for my website.

Question 3

What is a sub-domain? (subdomain)

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A subdomain is a subset, or a smaller part of a larger domain. For example, my main domain is EranBucai.com.

This domain and website is with WordPress.

I have the following sub-domains...

Store.EranBucai.com, which is my courses and membership website. This link is hosted by Podia.

Go.EranBucai.com, which is my sales funnels sub-domain. This link is hosted by EranFunnels.com (my funnel builder).

For all my affiliate links, I have another sub-domain which is Link.EranBucai.Com which is hosted by another software that let's you create branded links. For example, here is a link for someone to make a payment to me through PayPal: https://link.eranbucai.com/PayPalMe or here is an affiliate link to buy the book Traffic Secrets https://link.eranbucai.com/TrafficSecretsBook

I also have a sub-domain for some of my free PDFs, which is under PDF.EranBucai.Com, this is hosted by a software that lets me design professional lead magnets to give away as freebies and build my email link. Here is a link example: https://pdf.eranbucai.com/starting-an-online-business-cheatsheet-pricing-products

There are examples of my own business.

Additionally, there is an excellent explainer video from GoDaddy which I wanted to share.

I strongly recommend, if you have not done so already, checked out the FAQ on how the internet works.

To complete the FAQ, here is a full transcript of the video:

Hi there. In this video, you’ll learn what a subdomain is and how they’re used.

A subdomain is a subset, or a smaller part of a larger domain.

To better understand the concept of subdomains, let’s dissect a domain name from the top down.

A complete domain name includes a Top-level Domain or TLD, and a Second-level Domain, or SLD.

The TLD is the part that occurs right after the last dot in the domain name; this is why TLDs are sometimes called domain extensions. In this example .com is the TLD. While there are several types of TLDs, the most common are .com, .org, and net.

The SLD, or second level domain, is the part that occurs immediately in front of the last dot in the domain name. In this example, it’s the name of the business. The SLD is what makes a domain name unique.

Now this part… right here… that displays before first dot in the domain name – it’s the subdomain. That’s right… fun fact: WWW is actually a subdomain.

The good news is you don’t have to use WWW for your subdomain; instead, you can replace it with almost any word to create a subdomain with a unique web address, without having to purchase a new domain name.

Subdomains function as an extension of a registered domain name, allowing you to send visitors to a different web address, or allowing you to point to specific IP addresses or directories in your hosting account.The most common use for a subdomain is organizing or dividing website content into distinct sections.

If your website has a substantial amount of content on a given topic, or there’s content on your website that you want to draw attention to, say for marketing purposes, you can create a subdomain for it. A subdomain sets this content apart from the main site and gives it a unique web address, without having to register a new domain name.

Consider the dog-friendly winery, Molly’s Bark and Wine.

During her first year of business, the owner has amassed a large online photo collection of dogs who’ve visited the winery.

To highlight the business’ unique dog-friendly atmosphere and provide a dedicated space for her expanding photo gallery, she creates the subdomain, ‘dogs’, under her registered domain name, mollysbarkandwine.com.

The WWW in her domain name is replaced with the word ‘dogs’ and the new web address for the dedicated photo gallery is dogs.mollysbarkandwine.com.

As an added bonus, this subdomain is treated as a unique website address and in turn, may drive new customers to her website.

Subdomains also offer a great way to create language-specific versions of websites or to accommodate information that may not be critical to the primary website, such as an events page, blog or store.

To recap, a subdomain is a subset of a registered domain name. Subdomains are most commonly used to divide websites into distinct sections that have unique web addresses.

Question 4

What are Web Search Strategies?

Accepted Answer

This video introduces the best ways to use search engines to find information on the Web. It uses real-world examples that illustrate ways to reduce useless results and includes:

How search engines work
Picking the right key words
Using quotes and the minus sign
Combinations of strategies

Video Transcript:

The Web may seem like a vast ocean when it comes to finding something you need. Thankfully, search engines can help turn oceans of information into small pools that make finding information easier.

Before we dive in, let’s talk a bit about how search works on the Web. Search engines go out and try to account for every word on every webpage. All this information is then organized for easy reference.

When you search for a word, the search engine finds all the pages where the word appears, and displays them in the search results. Usually the pages that appear highest in the search results have lots of other web pages linking to them. Each link acts a vote to say, “This may be a good resource.”

The problem is that there are often too many results. You need a way to reduce the number of results so you can find what you need. Let’s look at how this works.

Say you’re looking for a specific kind of fish, and these represent all the websites on the Web. Searching for FISH doesn’t help much. There are way too many results. You need to be more specific.

Try to imagine the exact fish and describe it in the search box. You’ll see that each word you use gets you closer to what you need. You can do this for any website by imagining the website that has your answer. What’s the title of the page? What words appear on it? If you put those words in the search box, you’ll get closer to finding answers.

But to be a smart searcher, you should know some basic shortcuts. Let’s say you’re looking for words that appear together, like a phrase or a quote. An example is a search for information on sand sharks. If you search for it like this, the search engine looks for pages with SAND and SHARKS. To get better results, put quotes around the words like this. It limits the results to the exact phrase.

Here’s another shortcut. Words often have multiple meanings. Consider the word MULLET which is both a fish and a hairstyle. A search for MULLET may give you a number of results about the hairstyle, but fewer about the fish.

To remove the results about hair, place a hyphen or minus sign just before the word you want to exclude, which means “show me the pages about mullet, but take away results relating to hair.” By being specific, and using words and symbols that remove useless information, you can find exactly what you need, and keep the Web from swallowing you whole.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here:https://www.dotcomtruths.com/

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

Question 5

How to get your Gmail inbox under control?

Accepted Answer

Answer: Are you tired of spending a lot of time trying to find a specific email in your inbox? Are you annoyed with email subscriptions, Adverstisements, and other types of email that you don't really need? Zoom in to learn this trick and use your gmail comfortably!

Why Gmail filters & labels are important
Where to access Gmail filters
Gmail filter options & advanced search
How to filter a specific email address
Understanding Gmail filter choices
How to add Gmail labels to emails
How to change the color of Gmail labels

Fist, let's start with labels. Gmail label is a tag that can be added to every email you receive or send. You can also add them to drafts. These labels can be used to keep your inbox organized. They are similar to folders, however, unlike folders, you can apply more than one label to a single message.

Here's a guide on how to create a label: link

Once you labels are created, you can watch this helpful video:

Next, let's learn Gmail Filters. You can manage your incoming mail using Gmail’s filters feature to send email to a label, or archive, delete, star, or automatically forward your mail. Here's the page about filtering if you want to know more about it: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6579?hl=en

Please watch this video to help you learn more about these:

If you have any struggles or have any feedback(good or bad) to this FAQ or any others, please let us know as they are always welcome. This will also help the entire team to continue to improve and upgrade the quality of this support documents library.

To learn more, visit DotComTruths.com

Thank you! - The Dot Com Truths Support Team

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Question 6

How do you sign up to Amazon affiliate program?

Accepted Answer

How to sign up to Amazon Affiliate Program?

This short video will tell you.

Go to Amazon.com, scroll all the way to the bottom and click "become an affiliate".

Make sure you use your custom email address, not your gmail!

i.e. instead of eranbucai@gmail.com, use contact@eranbucai.com (as an example - create your own custom domain!)

If don't have a domain name or email account, I'm happy to share recommendations:

If you're in Australia, use a company called Ventraip: https://link.eranbucai.com/AussieDomainsHosting...

If you're outside of Australia, use a company called Brixly: https://brixly.uk/

Or SiteGround:

https://link.eranbucai.com/SiteGround

Either way, make sure you create it before signing up to the Amazon Associates Program (Amazon Affiliate Program, same thing).

While I don't recommend you rely on affiliate marketing from Amazon, it's still a simple extra income stream that can help.

There's definitely SOMETHING on Amazon that you can share with your audience to purchase.

Oh, another tip. Never email an Amazon Affiliate link, it's against their terms and conditions last I checked and you risk getting your account closed too.

Write blogs or have links on your website to Amazon.

And make sure there is an affiliate disclosures too.

If you need an affiliate disclosure, check out my "Website Legal Policies" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy6J6nGDhj0&t=0s

And visit this link to get help with getting these legal policies and disclaimers done: https://www.websitepolicies.com/?in=253.

If you have any questions for me about affiliate marketing, please leave a comment and I'll reply and/or record a video.

If you want to learn more about making money with affiliate marketing, feel free to join my Facebook group: https://www.dotcomtruths.com/

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai' team. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

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If you need help getting your website done, grab the free resources available by visiting https://www.websitediycourse.com/

Question 7

What is Ransomware?

Accepted Answer

Like a kidnapped person, the information on your computer can now be held hostage by criminals, who demand a ransom to release it. This is called a ransomware attack and, unfortunately, it’s a growing problem. This video explains ransomware. It teaches:

Why ransomware attacks happen
What actions can lead to an attack
How criminals access your computer and data
What criminals want in exchange for your data
What can be done to prevent ransomware attacks

Video Transcript:

Imagine a hostage situation. A criminal has kidnapped a person, tied them up and is now talking to the police. The kidnapper has a demand. He will trade the hostage for money.

This is called a ransom and it’s essentially a trade - the criminal wants payment for the freedom of the hostage. Today, this same idea can apply to our computers and devices.

Instead of kidnapping a person, criminals lock your computer, and demand a ransom from you to unlock it. This is called a Ransomware attack. Here’s how it usually works.

In order for a criminal to get access to your computer, you usually have to click on something like an email attachment or a link on a criminal website.

To encourage you to click attachments, criminals will try to make the email look official, or familiar, as if it came from a trustworthy source.

The attachment may look like a harmless document or photo. The same is true for websites with dangerous links. When when you click it, a program runs on your computer that locks your files and prevents you from accessing them.

Usually, a message appears on your screen that alerts you to the problem and includes instructions for solving it.

In most cases, the criminals demand a ransom to unlock the computer and require that payment is made in a way that is untraceable, like through Bitcoin. If payment is made, the criminals usually provide a code that can be used to unlocked the computer and files.

More sophisticated ransomware can also infect your computer through a network or by finding security holes that may not even require a click from you. Ransomware attacks are similar to other threats like viruses, worms and trojans.

Problems can be prevented by being a responsible computer user. Keep your operating system, browsers and applications up to date. And awareness is key. Only open attachments when you know the source and be suspicious of messages asking for privileges to access your computer. The criminals are sneaky.

Most antivirus programs can help you detect ransomware when it arrives and may be able to help you remove it. And finally, always keep a backup of your files on a hard drive or online service so you can recover if your computer remains locked.

Ransomware is a reality of using computers and the internet. With awareness and responsible computer practices, you can avoid problems and prevent your files from becoming hostages.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

Question 8

How can you connect a custom domain with systeme.io?

Accepted Answer

How to connect a custom domain with systeme.io, that's the topic of this short tutorial.

Systeme.io has the ability to build your website, and customize your own domain name.

This means that instead of eranbucai.systeme.io, you can have a domain like www.eranbucai.com.

To do that, you need to know how to connect your domain name, to Systeme.io which will do your hosting for you.

To connect the domain you need to change the DNS settings in your domain registrar and this might feel overwhelming for some especially if you've never done it before.

I'm hoping this step by step tutorial on how to connect your custom domain name with systeme.io will help you overcome that and get it set up.

I'm always available to be hired for a small fee to hop on a Zoom call and do it with you.

Visit = www.websitediycourse.com to learn more.

Systeme.io is an all in one business software for your online business.

Systeme.io has email marketing features including up to 5000 contacts on their lowest plan of $27/month

Systeme.io has funnels, including landing page, sales page, order pages, upsells, downsells, etc.

Systeme.io has membership sites / courses (basically the same thing in systeme.io)

systeme.io has the functionality to create blogs.

systeme.io has a deadline funnel feature (huge plus!) which I've not seen any other funnel software having that in-built.

systeme.io has an evergreen webinar features.

Systeme.io lets you sell your products and services online using all the above features.

What is missing/lacking from systeme.io? at the time of uploading this video, there is no live feature (you still need Zoom), there is no calendar (you still need Keap or Calendly), there is no community feature (you still need Facebook group, Circle or Mighty Networks), systeme.io does not have a live webinar feature you'll still need StreamYard or Zoom or EverWebinar.

But besides these, systeme.io literally has everything you need to start and grow and online business.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai' team. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

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Question 9

What is the difference between a domain name and a website?

Accepted Answer

Below is a video explaining the difference, as well as a transcript of the video.

While I appreciate the wonderful video created by GoDaddy to explain this, I do not recommend using GoDaddy for buying your domain name. My recommended company to buy a domain name and hosting is called SiteGround.

Transcript of the video (italicized):

*Hi there. In this video, you'll learn the difference between a domain and a website.

While domains and websites are closely connected, they are two very different things.

After registering a domain, you need to do something with it, put it to work for you. Your domain can be used for a website, for an email account, or for both.

You can, however, register a domain and choose NOT to use it for a website or an email account BUT you can't have a website or an email account without a domain.

When used for a website, your domain name is what people type into their browser to find your site — this is why they are sometimes referred to as web addresses.

So godaddy.com is the domain used for GoDaddy's website.

Registering a domain, however, doesn't automatically create a website — it only means that you've registered the domain.

So for example, if you decided to start your own business and you thought of great name for it, you might copyright the name to protect it.

However, simply giving your business a name is only one of many steps that go into building your business.

In the same manner, when you register a domain and want to use it for a website, you'll need to first build the website, and then find a host for it, so it can be visible on the Web.

What's a host? Website hosts are companies that house, serve, and maintain files for one or more websites.

Think of a website hosting company like a shopping center that contains several individual stores.

If you want to open a store at the shopping center, you can lease space and set up shop.

Just like a shopping center, website hosting companies enable you to lease space on their web servers where you can store your website files and make them available for visitors to view.

Because you have registered your domain, you can use it at any web hosting company you want.

Remember your store in the shopping center? Suppose you decided to move your store and lease space at a different shopping center.

If you packed up your products and moved to a new location, you would still be able to use the same name for your store.

The same is true for your domain — regardless of where you decided to host your website's files, your domain remains yours for the duration of your registration.

GoDaddy is both a domain registrar AND a website hosting company — and we have the tools to help you build your website.

This means you can register your domain name, build a website for it, and get it on the web - all in one place.

Question 10

What is Public Domain?

Accepted Answer

What it teaches:

Using an example of a song written three generations ago, this video shows why it makes sense that public domain exists and what it means when a song, photo, artwork, document or other creative work is in the public domain. This video teaches:

The basics of copyright law and how it gives creators control
Why copyrights expire over time
How public domain works are available for use without payment or permission
Why creators and organizations contribute to the public domain
How to find public domain resources

Video Transcript:

Imagine for a moment, you’ve written a song and people love it. Because you wrote it, you own it and can use it to earn a living and control if and how it is used by others.

This is the basic idea of copyright law.

These laws make it possible for creative people to earn a living from their creations. But copyright has limits.

Let’s fast-forward to three generations from now. By this time in future, the song lives on and could be useful to others, but you’re not around to control ownership or make money from it.

The question becomes: If someone wants to use your song after so much time, should permission still be required?

Or, does it make more sense for the copyright to expire after a period of time and for the song to be open for use by everyone without permission or payment? This is one way to think about works that are not copyrighted and in the public domain.

In most countries, creative works can only be owned for a period of time. Once that time passes, the story, diagram, song, photograph or any other creative work becomes part of the public domain and is available for use without payment or permission.

This means a huge amount of older creative work is available for use. Want to use a song in your commercial? If the song is in the public domain you can use it for free and without permission!

Want to use an old image to create art? Public domain photos are available without a fee or permission. But the public domain contains much more than old articles, songs and art.

The owner of any creative work can choose to make it part of the public domain at any time.

Many creators contribute their work to the public domain to encourage use by others and contribute to a publicly shared resource.

Further, some organizations don’t use copyright for their publications, making them part of the public domain. For example, most works created by the U.S. government like reports and statistics are not copyrighted as a matter of policy and are free to use in the U.S.

The real beauty of the public domain is that it is a truly public resource that is not controlled by any government, organization or person.

You can find huge collections of public domain materials with a simple online search.

And unlike copyright, which requires permission from the creator, public domain works can modified, reproduced or distributed without payment or permission.

If you’re ready to get creative, works in the public domain may be a perfect place to start.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here:https://www.dotcomtruths.com/

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.