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Sell Yourself, Not Your Products or Services Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2012-01-02 | - Word Count: 989 | Viewed: 2755 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 4.00 Sell yourself, not your products or services. The point we need to make is that your products and services will change over time as your business adapts to the realities of the marketplace. |
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Work From Home - Make Money Online With EBay Store Written by: David Miller | Distributed: 2011-12-12 | - Word Count: 2105 | Viewed: 354 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Find out how to present your items, as well as other key factors to profit from your eBay Store. |
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Bring Your Photography To Life With Stunning Video Written by: Adam Harding | Distributed: 2011-12-12 | - Word Count: 684 | Viewed: 459 | Votes: 0 I want to let you in on my little secret. It is about how I bring photographs to life by creating professional video slideshows that look like they cost hundreds of dollars. |
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How To Build a Strong and Powerful Business During a Recession Written by: Trey McMartin | Distributed: 2011-11-10 | - Word Count: 987 | Viewed: 466 | Votes: 0 During a recession, most business owners pull the reins on advertising budgets, fearful of what tomorrow might bring... Those who remain fearful have forgotten what made them the success they are today... They have forgotten that they have a God-given talent to overcome the incredible obstacles in their paths. |
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Leveraging the Social in Social Media Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-21 | - Word Count: 907 | Viewed: 395 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 Social media marketing is about the conversation, not the pitch. Having conversations with people is nice, but the goal of a brand is ultimately to get people interested in spending their time or money on the brand, after all. What does having this conversation accomplish, and just how does a brand use that conversation to get the critical conversion from conversation to customers? |
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Blog Writing - Finding the Right Person Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-21 | - Word Count: 884 | Viewed: 630 | Votes: 0 There are a host of articles and sites covering advice on how to address various topics, but one area that doesn't get a lot of attention is what "person" to write the blog in. Each linguistic person has its own strengths and weaknesses, depending on the message that needs to be covered. Ultimately, most will simply write in whatever person is most natural to them, but there is some merit in taking a bit of time to think about the implications, advantages and disadvantages of each. |
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That First Impression: Title Considerations Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-19 | - Word Count: 860 | Viewed: 355 | Votes: 0 While it certainly isn't as much work as crafting the body of a superior article, selecting a title for a piece is definitely an important element of the entire process of content creation. Here are some thoughts on crafting a perfect title. |
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5 Tips For Writing Great Content For Your Blog Written by: Lee Dobbins | Distributed: 2011-09-16 | - Word Count: 987 | Viewed: 405 | Votes: 0 If you want people to come back to your blog over and over again, then you need to provide great web content. This may seem like an impossible task if you aren’t a natural born writer. Here are 5 tips that will help even the least experienced writer create blog content that will entice even first time visitors to become frequent readers. |
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Understanding Cloud Computing for SMBs Written by: Audre Hill | Distributed: 2011-09-16 | - Word Count: 449 | Viewed: 513 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 5.00 The buzz about cloud migration, or taking your business to the cloud, is all over the internet. But the geek speak and sales hype make understanding the cloud difficult for small and mid-sized business owners. Read this to clear up your cloud confusion. |
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Dynamic Content: Using Analytics to Write Your Blog Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-16 | - Word Count: 873 | Viewed: 425 | Votes: 0 The role of web analytics in setting useful metrics for a site has been discussed in-depth in any number of places, but this is far from the only useful function that web analytic practices can offer. As in any field, a little thinking outside the box can offer extensive rewards to the creative researcher. Perhaps most usefully, creative cultivation of web analytics can help conquer blogger's block and help a good writer come up with some unique angles for content they thought they had peaked out on. |
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Social Media Marketing Tools – Putting Your Finger on the Pulse of the Web Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-14 | - Word Count: 856 | Viewed: 343 | Votes: 0 Social media marketing is the home of successful brand promotion, and finding the right mix of tools to take advantage of it has become the defining issue of the modern brand. Knowing the focus of each of these tools and the best way to use them is the key to bringing all this power under control and using it to help promote a brand to its full potential. |
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List Building - What Is The Most Important Benefit? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2011-09-14 | - Word Count: 537 | Viewed: 382 | Votes: 0 Many webmasters and marketers make it a point to build thier lists, but many don't realize that building a large group of subscribers is only the first part. The most important part of list building is much, much harder to do... find out what this is by reading this informative article. |
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Double The Number Of Online Leads From Your Website Using 5 Fishing Lessons Written by: Robert Dempsey | Distributed: 2011-09-13 | - Word Count: 965 | Viewed: 339 | Votes: 0 These 5 lessons from fishing make it easy to increase the number of leads your website produces by 50% or more. |
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Why Anchor Text Could Be The Most Important Aspect Of SEO Written by: Lee Dobbins | Distributed: 2011-09-13 | - Word Count: 1180 | Viewed: 303 | Votes: 0 Getting backlinks to your site is great, but if you aren't using anchor text properly, , you may not be able to rank for your keywords. But anchor text isn't just important for getting you ranked, it's also possibly the most imporant element to look at when analyzing your competition. |
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Trans-tangental: The Value of Off-topic Blogging Posts Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-12 | - Word Count: 863 | Viewed: 446 | Votes: 0 Brand-oriented blogs by necessity have to focus on a particular topic. People are coming to the blog because of the brand, and they want content related to the brand in most cases. However, there are many very good reasons to go into off-topic posting as well. The trick is to balance the needs of on-topic commentary with the occasional bit of off-the-wall entertainment that brings some lively discussion with it. |
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Online Fax - 10 Reasons To Get An Online Fax Service Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2011-09-12 | - Word Count: 560 | Viewed: 366 | Votes: 0 Online faxing is the new more modern way to fax. If you or your company is not using an online fax service, here are 10 good reasons why you should get it. |
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Press Preferences - Blogging Software Explained Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-08 | - Word Count: 881 | Viewed: 289 | Votes: 0 Understanding a few of the more common blog creation software programs can help any blogger make an informed choice about their particular needs and get their message out in the most efficient way. Here are a few of them. |
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Blog Writing - Ghostwriting Dos and Don'ts Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-06 | - Word Count: 879 | Viewed: 305 | Votes: 0 There are still some misconceptions about ghostwriting that pop up from time to time. To that end, it can be helpful to clarify the nature of ghostwriting and how it relates to creating a high-quality blog, particularly through examples of some of the best and worst practices that can pop up when employing a ghostwriter. |
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Beyond Expectations - Getting the Most out of Like and Share Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-09-02 | - Word Count: 860 | Viewed: 315 | Votes: 0 What started as socialization programs only slightly more complex than the average e-mail client has grown into one of the newest and most promising marketing niches in the entire world. Taking advantage of this means familiarizing oneself with a few surprisingly simple concepts that have unusually far-reaching implications. In particular, marketers are finding that the "Like" and "Share" features on Facebook have become the newest and best tool in the online marketing arsenal. |
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Four Types of Blogs and How To Use Them Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-31 | - Word Count: 930 | Viewed: 324 | Votes: 0 Blogging clearly has arrived and is here to stay, according to the buzzword-slinging set. It's the “next big thing” or the “wave of the future” - even a “revolution.” Still, most of the people commenting on the blogging trend aren't sure exactly what it is, how it works or even what the different kinds of blogs are. Here are a handful of blogging types and what sets them apart from the others. |
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Once More, With Feeling: Producing Consistent, Quality Blog Content Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-29 | - Word Count: 834 | Viewed: 319 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Quality is a key element in good blogging. If the material isn't interesting, it isn't going to be read. Of course, there are different standards of what is interesting. But what is it that makes content quality? How does one get those good ideas and, more importantly, convey them week after week with a steady updating schedule? |
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Tips for Escaping Writer's Block Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-29 | - Word Count: 927 | Viewed: 287 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 Most writers will experience at least some form of writer's block in the course of their efforts. It must be said that there is no cure for writer's block - those who suffer it push through to the other side with sheer willpower. Be that as it may, there are a number of techniques that can help rally a writer's determination in order to bring them forward through the wall of fear and into the realm of joyful writing. |
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Who Else Wants to Know How-To Write an Effective Advertisement? Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2011-08-25 | - Word Count: 1431 | Viewed: 4297 | Votes: 22 | Rating: 2.59 Webmasters struggle everyday with the question of how they should advertise their website. There are so many advertising venues; it is hard to know which is the right venue or the right combination of advertising venues. |
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Yes You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover: Blog Design Considerations Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-25 | - Word Count: 856 | Viewed: 359 | Votes: 0 Paying attention to appearance and to some basic web and blog design elements can make the visit to your blog more enjoyable for your audience and help you retain those vital traffic numbers. |
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Book Authors: How To Sell More Books And Get Your Publisher Active Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2011-08-23 | - Word Count: 1871 | Viewed: 48570 | Votes: 33 | Rating: 3.97 It is an unfortunate reality that most people who write books believe that their publisher will always put their best foot forward, to promote their book. In the real world, it does not quite work that way. |
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Making Corporate Blogging Credible Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-22 | - Word Count: 903 | Viewed: 363 | Votes: 0 Blogging is about communication. It is a dynamic medium. (That’s why blogging software comes with a comments function.) Yet so many corporations just use it as another type of newsletter or circular, not really taking advantage of the chance to break out and take advantage of the blogging ethos the way it was intended. So what are some ways a corporation can make its blog more credible? |
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A Hard Look at PPC, Click Fraud and the Alternatives Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2011-08-19 | - Word Count: 1268 | Viewed: 3303 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 3.09 Just a few years ago, pay-per-click search engine advertising seemed like it was the answer to the prayers of webmasters vying for search traffic. Given the increasingly competitive nature of PPC advertising and spiraling costs, many small- to medium- sized businesses have begun to question that wisdom. With click fraud running at 25% and click costs for certain keywords hitting $50 a click, advertisers are looking for other solutions. |
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Blog Writing Tips - Where to Find Great Guest Posters Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-17 | - Word Count: 893 | Viewed: 344 | Votes: 0 One of the best ways to keep a fresh angle in blogging is the guest blogger. They can provide good content, take some of the work load off the primary blogger and can bring new perspectives and ideas that the parent blogger can follow up on in later posts as he or she sees fit. It may not be for everyone, but those who embrace guest posting have a lot going for them. So where, exactly, does one find these mysterious guest posters? |
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Blog Writing Tips: Keeping Content Fresh Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-15 | - Word Count: 904 | Viewed: 389 | Votes: 0 Content may be king, but to torture a metaphor somewhat, even the most brilliant crown can grow tarnished. Generating good content isn't always an easy thing, and it requires a great deal of effort to avoid getting into rote postings and halfhearted content that isn't of the quality a blog and its audience deserve. To that end, what are some of the things bloggers can do to keep their content fresh and interesting? |
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Me-Too Branding and the Dearth of Creativity Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-10 | - Word Count: 871 | Viewed: 353 | Votes: 0 Nothing new under the sun, good writers simply steal well, homage, pastiche, parody, satire... the assorted excuses that come up for shamelessly ripping off other advertising ideas may as well be named Legion, for they are certainly many. |
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Some Thoughts on Specialty Blogging Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-08 | - Word Count: 861 | Viewed: 318 | Votes: 0 Blogging is held up in many circles as the epitome of the personal project. Blogs are praised for their focus on the personality of the blogger, the flexibility of the medium and the relatively limitless topics that can be blogged on. Let's have a look at some of the pros and cons alike of dedicating a blog to a particular topic. |
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Blog Management - Go Blog Wild Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-06 | - Word Count: 866 | Viewed: 334 | Votes: 0 Maintaining a blog is about much more than simply presenting the latest news in the life of a person or a brand. A good blog is about conveying the writer's personality and interests to his audience. To that end, the comments section should be one of the liveliest parts of a blog. |
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Social Media Management: Quality Social Experiences Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-04 | - Word Count: 867 | Viewed: 321 | Votes: 0 You've heard it before: Social media is about much more than exposure or coverage. Simply putting a friend request out and amassing a ton of retweets is not enough to achieve genuine social impact. Before you go slashing the budget to your social media marketing department, hear out these few issues that explain why this means more attention, not less, should be paid to social media efforts. |
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Blog Management - Know When to Let Go Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-08-02 | - Word Count: 868 | Viewed: 304 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 Sometimes a topic just isn't working - you can tell when you're writing it, and you can tell when you're reading it. Maybe the humor is forced, tired, or rote. Maybe the blogger didn't go into the same level of interesting side detail that he usually does, or perhaps her topic looks like she fell back on a safe and reliable piece, rather than going somewhere new like her last eight. Whatever the reason, not every topic is created equal, and sometimes a post just isn't up to anything like your usual standards. |
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Blog Management - How to Work Interviews Into Your Blog Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-07-31 | - Word Count: 873 | Viewed: 321 | Votes: 0 An interview is fairly straightforward: a conversation between the blogger and another party, generally about a topic of mutual interest to the blogger, the subject and the readers. In the world of blogging, there are generally three approaches to integrating an interview into a blog. |
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Brand Management - Press Release Fundamentals Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-07-29 | - Word Count: 875 | Viewed: 322 | Votes: 0 Certain concepts just carry over well from print journalism. The press release, the tried and true method of updating the public on an organization's affairs, is an example of just how well such a concept can survive. While there have been a few adjustments to the specifics, such as the use of keywords and SEO-oriented writing, the core structure of the press release remains the same. Here are a few of the simpler but oft-overlooked steps that can redeem this marketing tool into a primary force. |
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Good Press: Promoting Your Blog Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-07-27 | - Word Count: 867 | Viewed: 349 | Votes: 0 There are numerous ways to get a blog noticed and mentioned online. Some are good and others are atrocious. We're all aware of "that guy" who simply joins conversations online and says, "Wow, that's interesting. Hey, have you read my blog about..." Sometimes the blog covers the topic being discussed — but usually it doesn't. So how do we avoid becoming "that guy?" There are polite ways to promote your blog in an active sense without becoming a blog-spamming troll. |
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How To Have An Endless Stream Of Highly Qualified Free Leads (Part 2) Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2011-07-26 | - Word Count: 854 | Viewed: 411 | Votes: 0 In part-1, I mentioned how to publish on Kindle to create free leads. Now here's the rest of the strategy to easily get several books on your topic working for you as lead generators. |
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Response and Rebuttal: Having a Good Argument on a Blog Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2011-07-25 | - Word Count: 863 | Viewed: 401 | Votes: 0 The strongest arguments are those that can relate their case to other fields of knowledge and understanding. While there are always those who will buy into constantly debunked arguments, by and large the web is a place where the meritocracy of truth can hold court. So, how exactly does one harness this for his or her own blog? |
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How To Have An Endless Stream Of Highly Qualified Free Leads Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2011-07-24 | - Word Count: 675 | Viewed: 359 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 4.00 Do you dream of having so many customers that you can be very selective, and can choose only the ideal customers to work with? Well, it's not a dream... for me and many friends who have also discovered "the secret!" |
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If You Want To Get There Faster, You're Going To Have To Pay Written by: Robert Dempsey | Distributed: 2011-07-21 | - Word Count: 758 | Viewed: 340 | Votes: 0 Sometimes you get what you pay for. Paid marketing methods can create results faster than free methods. Each method can suit practically every budget. But how do you know which will work best for you? Let's explore the options. |
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Should You Make Money Online With One Website Or Several? Written by: Alan Cheng | Distributed: 2011-07-20 | - Word Count: 1105 | Viewed: 477 | Votes: 0 New and experienced internet marketers are confused as to what they should do for their online business. Many believe that creating 5 websites to make money is better than relying on 1. But this is very wrong. |
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Online Marketing: Free and Low Cost Strategies That Make More Sales Written by: Robert Dempsey | Distributed: 2011-07-20 | - Word Count: 1093 | Viewed: 258 | Votes: 0 Free and low-cost online marketing strategies let you reach more of your next customers at less cost, but come with their own set of challenges. |
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Wealthy Salon/Spa Owners View Problems As an Opportunity To Grow, Struggling Salon/Spa Owners Don't! Written by: Dan Lok | Distributed: 2011-07-07 | - Word Count: 485 | Viewed: 721 | Votes: 0 Wealthy salon/spa owners focus their energies on growth and overcoming challenges, not on worrying about what others say or think. |
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21 Tips for Defeating Writer's Block Written by: Trey Pennewell | Distributed: 2011-03-11 | - Word Count: 993 | Viewed: 836 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 One of the most difficult aspects of article writing and marketing, is how to come up with fresh topics to write about. It is even more difficult to put your finger on ideas that are hot and related to your topic. Here are some suggestions to help you get those creative juices flowing again... |
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14 Tips to Improve Your Article Writing and Article Marketing Written by: Trey Pennewell | Distributed: 2011-03-10 | - Word Count: 1133 | Viewed: 900 | Votes: 0 Everything online requires content, and articles are just one form of content. Learning how to write articles and create content should be a focal point for anyone looking to start a business or even a hobby online, after all like the saying goes, content is king. In this article, we provide 14 tips to help you improve your article content. |
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Work Less - Make More Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2011-03-04 | - Word Count: 413 | Viewed: 746 | Votes: 0 Sometimes it's nice to look back and see how far we have come. Because your growth can sometimes be a bit like watching grass grow. |
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The Death and Resurrection of Quality Content Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2011-03-04 | - Word Count: 769 | Viewed: 800 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00 No matter where you go online, you are bound to find someone complaining about the quality of content available online. When we want to find information that answers our questions for us, the last thing we want to do is to land on a MFA (Made For Adsense) website with questionable content. And yet, many of the people who complain about this state of affairs also contribute to the problem... |
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Achieve Your Goals With This Mind Trick Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2011-03-03 | - Word Count: 332 | Viewed: 756 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 Zig Ziglar had a quote which read: "An optimist is someone who goes after Moby Dick in a rowboat and takes the tartar source with him." And I wanted to take a moment to expand on that quote today, because metaphorically "Moby Dick" is the big dreams we are chasing. But how many of us really believe we will create them? |
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Motivation Theory Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2011-03-02 | - Word Count: 277 | Viewed: 679 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Here's another Zig Ziglar quote I came across the other day: "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." Nice quote. And it really pulls on the fact that consistency is the key - that nothing just happens and lasts forever... |
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Cutting Through The Information Overload: Grab Your Readers' Attention With a Great Title Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2011-03-02 | - Word Count: 802 | Viewed: 910 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 5.00 As avid readers, we have trained our brains to scan the headlines looking for something that might suit our desires... This article will give you a solid understanding of how to grab your readers by the eyeballs and get them to open and read your articles... |
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Success Leaves Clues Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2011-03-01 | - Word Count: 334 | Viewed: 787 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 Sometimes you can learn a lot from just watching what others are doing. After all, success leaves clues, right? |
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The Top Four Introvert Marketing Strengths, As Rated by Introverts Themselves and the Public Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-12-23 | - Word Count: 529 | Viewed: 1079 | Votes: 0 It's true that introverts will never grab center stage at a party, and they are not masterful at small talk. However, introverts have many other abilities that take them far in business, and it can make a huge difference to potential clients when those qualities are spotlighted in their marketing. |
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Shy People Are a Blessing Written by: Dr Jeannette Kavanagh | Distributed: 2010-12-22 | - Word Count: 719 | Viewed: 960 | Votes: 0 A person who is shy always comes across as having a charm that is singularly missing in most people. Instead of that often brash over-confident person who just loves the sound of her or his own voice, the shy person seems to live and breathe more softly. |
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Introverted Business Owners: Don't Believe These Three Myths About Introverts' Marketing Abilities Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-12-21 | - Word Count: 697 | Viewed: 915 | Votes: 0 If you know you're an introvert, you may believe you're at a huge disadvantage when it comes to marketing. Watch out for three myths that are harmful to a lot of introverts when it comes to marketing. |
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Article Marketing Tips: How Consumers Read Your Articles Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-12-16 | - Word Count: 1278 | Viewed: 979 | Votes: 0 If you want to understand what makes one article marketer successful, while many more achieve poor results, then consider this 6-step process designed to help you understand how to make your article marketing more effective. |
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How to Work Well With Introverted Clients: Four Guidelines Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-12-16 | - Word Count: 595 | Viewed: 846 | Votes: 0 Introverts are reserved people who treasure their privacy, work most productively one-on-one and may need time and space for making decisions. Discover how to create the conditions for a great long-term relationship with introverted clients. |
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Public Speaking Skills: First Principle of Great Communication Written by: Dr Jeannette Kavanagh | Distributed: 2010-12-15 | - Word Count: 876 | Viewed: 869 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00 We all need public speaking skills, even if it's only the skill of asking a question at a local meeting of the Parents and Teachers' Association. Over the years I have seen even very experienced public speakers forget the most basic principle of oral (spoken) communication. |
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List Building Tips For The Affiliate Marketer Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-12-14 | - Word Count: 762 | Viewed: 866 | Votes: 0 List building is one simple marketing strategy any affiliate marketer can use to increase traffic and sales. But there are a few simple things you can do to make your list building and affiliate marketing much more effective, find out what they are by reading this article. |
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3-30-3 Rule of Online User Behaviour Written by: Jamie Lee | Distributed: 2010-12-14 | - Word Count: 599 | Viewed: 819 | Votes: 0 An effective sales funnel design is instrumental to maximising conversion. The average web visitor would give you a mere 3 seconds before deciding to press the Back button of his browser. If you succeed in capturing his attention, you gain an additional 30 seconds where he will evaluate your value proposition. Finally, you will have an additional 3 minutes to persuade him to perform a particular action. |
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Help Desk Software: Exploring Deployment Options Written by: Clark Tanner | Distributed: 2010-12-14 | - Word Count: 772 | Viewed: 852 | Votes: 0 IT professionals of today tend to have high expectations with regard to the software tools they use to track and manage their customer issues. Almost everyone who is researching Help Desk software is looking for the application that has the most powerful feature set at the best price. |
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Selling to Introverts: 10 Ways to Appeal to Introverts' Marketing Preferences Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-12-14 | - Word Count: 789 | Viewed: 1080 | Votes: 0 Whether you're an introvert or an extrovert, you probably have an unthinking tendency to market to people the way you yourself prefer to be communicated with and treated. If your target audience resembles you, that approach succeeds. But if your target audience differs greatly from you, you're shooting yourself in the foot when you do that. Learn how this applies to selling to introverts. |
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Create Staggering Wealth With An Efficient Marketing Sales Funnel Process Written by: Ryan Parenti | Distributed: 2010-12-09 | - Word Count: 1175 | Viewed: 788 | Votes: 0 Did you know a marketing sales funnel process can make you or break you? It's easy and you can make big bucks online quickly if you do this right. |
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Use Online Fax To Lower Your Faxing Costs Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-12-09 | - Word Count: 491 | Viewed: 713 | Votes: 0 These days every company is looking for ways to save money and cut operating expenses. Read this article to discover why using an online fax service can be a great money saver for any individual or business. |
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Beginner's Guide To Multiple Domain Web Hosting Written by: Adrian Aditya | Distributed: 2010-12-09 | - Word Count: 598 | Viewed: 716 | Votes: 0 Gone are the days when you had to open a separate account for each of your website. Since the past few years website owners have been able to enjoy the various advantages offered by multiple domain hosting services. As the name implies, this kind of hosting plan allows you to host more than one website under one hosting account. |
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How to Improve Your Online Marketing Results Written by: Jamie Lee | Distributed: 2010-12-09 | - Word Count: 788 | Viewed: 681 | Votes: 0 Several factors are integral in determining your advertising campaign success and conversion rates. A good frame work to assess your campaign would be to base it on the 40-40-20 rule. |
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Marketing to Introverts: Seven Marketing Pitches That Leave Introverts Cold Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-12-09 | - Word Count: 822 | Viewed: 811 | Votes: 0 Unlike extroverts, who thrive on social interaction, introverts recharge their batteries by being alone. They tend to be more private, quiet and to-the-point than extroverts. Here are seven types of marketing pitches that are common in Internet marketing - and elsewhere - that leave introverts cold. |
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Disaster Preparedness | Safeguarding Your Most Valuable Assets - Company Knowledge Written by: Anne Sych | Distributed: 2010-12-08 | - Word Count: 428 | Viewed: 769 | Votes: 0 Nobody likes to have to think about disaster preparedness, and many do not give thought to safeguarding 'company knowledge', but among other tangible catastrophic losses, it can mean the difference between your business making it or going under when a disastrous event occurs. |
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Marketing for Introverts: Is an Online Business the Cure-All? Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-12-07 | - Word Count: 412 | Viewed: 784 | Votes: 0 Is an online business is the most suitable earning situation for introverts? Not necessarily. Find out why it may be a poor idea for an introvert to use their computer as a shield against face-to-face interaction. |
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Get Paid Like An Expert By Developing A USP (Unique Selling Proposition) Written by: Ryan Parenti | Distributed: 2010-12-02 | - Word Count: 1108 | Viewed: 702 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Want to get paid more for doing the same amount of work? Simply develop a USP to get paid like an expert. Here is how you make more money now... |
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Work From Home With Internet Marketing For Online Businesses Written by: Ryan Parenti | Distributed: 2010-11-30 | - Word Count: 1145 | Viewed: 775 | Votes: 0 Internet marketing for online businesses is easy if you have the correct internet marketing strategies. But first a word of warning. Most people who consider themselves internet marketers are simply lacking any real business vision. |
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Blog Writing - Beginner Blogging Mistakes Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-11-23 | - Word Count: 902 | Viewed: 778 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00 There are a number of mistakes that beginning bloggers make, blunders that compromise their blogs and kill their chances of developing an interested audience. On the other hand, there is far too much criticism and far too little specific advice on the web. With that in mind, here are some of the common opening mistakes new bloggers make, followed by specific steps that can be taken to avoid them. |
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Retire From Your Job With This Internet Business Training Program Written by: Ryan Parenti | Distributed: 2010-11-23 | - Word Count: 852 | Viewed: 673 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 The possibilities with information marketing are limitless - it's up to you whether you want a five, six or even seven figure income. Whichever appeals to you most - it is ALL more than possible with information publishing. |
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Building Brand Identity - Monitoring the Numbers Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-11-22 | - Word Count: 878 | Viewed: 702 | Votes: 0 Metrics are an important part of any online branding and advertising strategy. A metric is a unit of information used to gauge or measure the statistics that are coming in. Views per week is a metric, as is growth in views from week to week. The number of subscribers to a site might be important to one user, but less important than reciprocal linking rates to another. Given the sheer number of metrics out there, it comes as no surprise that many tools for gathering and evaluating the raw data that feeds into such metrics have been developed. Here are a few. |
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Cut the Crap - Avoiding the Trap of Crap Content Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-11-18 | - Word Count: 887 | Viewed: 813 | Votes: 0 What exactly is "crappy" content? The short and almost tautological answer is "content that people don't like," but simply saying that doesn't get a writer anywhere. There are many kinds of crappy content, each with its own unique reasons for being a dull and uninteresting lump rather than a well-polished gem of online commentary. |
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How To Sell Your Products Online And Cash In On What May Be The Only Recession Proof Industry Written by: Ryan Parenti | Distributed: 2010-11-18 | - Word Count: 1008 | Viewed: 865 | Votes: 0 Tens of thousands of people all over the globe are quietly cashing in on what may be the only recession proof industry -- at the very least it's one of few industries maintaining consistent and enormous growth! |
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Brand Management - Retweets and Viral Marketing Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-11-17 | - Word Count: 885 | Viewed: 862 | Votes: 0 Twitter's strengths as a messaging service come from the fact that the messages are short, and the service is easy to use. Twitter is actually easier to use than many instant-messaging clients, and doesn't even require an install on a computer. An example of these basic concepts is the retweet, which is sending a tweet one likes or approves of to her list of followers. Retweets account for a lot of Twitter traffic, and form a major part of the site's ability to promote viral content. If a retweet gathers enough steam, it can make the rounds of the entire web in a matter of minutes. |
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Website Traffic Generation: Winning the Love of the Traffic Fairy Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-11-17 | - Word Count: 1149 | Viewed: 924 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 5.00 Some people still believe that all they have to do is build a website and customers will magically appear on their site... Once they have built their websites, they wait anxiously for the "Traffic Fairy" to come and sprinkle its magic dust on their website too, so that they can make lots of money like other success website owners. |
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3 Cutting Edge Steps Show You The Real Way To Make Money Online Written by: Ryan Parenti | Distributed: 2010-11-16 | - Word Count: 742 | Viewed: 899 | Votes: 0 Tens of thousands of people all over the globe are quietly cashing in on what may be the only recession proof industry -- at the very least it's one of few industries maintaining consistent and enormous growth! These people... well, these are just regular folks who have decided they want some extra income and have turned to information publishing for profit (staggering profit). Here is how they do it. |
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Introvert Marketing: How Reserved Can Also Mean Revered Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-11-16 | - Word Count: 404 | Viewed: 723 | Votes: 0 Many people believe introverts are wallflowers who have no power to attract people to them. In fact, there are numerous ways that introverted business owners can have magnetism. The two keys are knowing yourself and building an authentic reputation upon that foundation. |
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Which Is Better, Affiliate Marketing Or Network Marketing? Written by: Marty Bradfield | Distributed: 2010-11-16 | - Word Count: 1081 | Viewed: 1056 | Votes: 0 You may be surprised at the number of online publishers and forum communities that prohibit the discussion of MLM and network marketing opportunities... There are two primary reasons why mainstream online marketers do not want to talk about either one... |
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Giving While You're Living, Or When You're Dead Instead? Written by: Lee Hale | Distributed: 2010-11-16 | - Word Count: 569 | Viewed: 958 | Votes: 0 Over the years, there have been many opinions and thoughts as to the legitimacy of Cash Gifting as a viable and honest means of generating cash. But at the heart of Cash Gifting is a fundamental principle that is often overlooked and convoluted with greed and the love of money. This principle is quite simple... |
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Marketing Tip: Why Most Network Marketers Fail Written by: Marty Bradfield | Distributed: 2010-11-11 | - Word Count: 1149 | Viewed: 1088 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 97% of all MLMers and Network Marketers fail... Why? I will break it down for you in this article, and then I will show you how you can overcome the challenges that you must overcome to be successful in this industry... |
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Marketing Tip: There Is A Time For Selling And A Time For Closing The Sale Written by: Marty Bradfield | Distributed: 2010-11-09 | - Word Count: 1070 | Viewed: 884 | Votes: 0 Most commercial webmasters enter the online sales process at a great disadvantage... The disadvantage is that they have never worked in sales, nor have they studied the fine art of copy writing... Many webmasters spend a considerable amount of time second-guessing themselves about when and where to ask for the sale... |
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Blog Posts Versus Email - Which is Better for Marketing? Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-11-04 | - Word Count: 932 | Viewed: 918 | Votes: 0 Up until fairly recently, when you wanted to keep in touch with customers and prospects, you used email to send periodic messages to people who opted-in to receive your mailings. People are suggesting that with the rise of blogging, that the death knell of email is upon us. This article will consider the demise of opt-in email as the best way to communicate with your customers. |
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Marketing for Introverts: Ignore the Shoulds and Blaze Your Own Trail Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-11-04 | - Word Count: 405 | Viewed: 1074 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 5.00 If you're an introvert in business, should you force yourself to market in a way that doesn't match who you are? No! Find out why. |
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Marketing Tip: Success Relies Upon The Relationships You Create Written by: Marty Bradfield | Distributed: 2010-11-04 | - Word Count: 1452 | Viewed: 999 | Votes: 0 There is one factor above all others that will determine your ability to be successful on the Internet... That's one factor is your ability to create, develop, and maintain good relationships with other people... |
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Is This Such A Thing As An Info Product in a Day? Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-11-02 | - Word Count: 1028 | Viewed: 802 | Votes: 0 There are lots of books and programs promising you that you can "create a product in a day." You can create a product that you can sell to customers in the time it takes to, say, get your car washed, go to the post office, get through your email, and fix dinner. How totally cool would that be? |
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Follow The Experts Who Do What They Teach Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-11-02 | - Word Count: 897 | Viewed: 906 | Votes: 0 As I'm sure that you realize, not all online marketing experts are the same. Some are only interested in your money, and they know that the quickest and easiest way to get it is to sell you "the dream." Many so-called experts have never done what they teach. They come online, survey the landscape, and decide that teaching is easier than doing. |
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Marketing for Introverts: Must We Impersonate Extroverts? Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-11-02 | - Word Count: 414 | Viewed: 824 | Votes: 0 Introverts need not pretend to be extroverts to succeed in business. Reclaiming your personality and building a marketing infrastructure that respects your personal strengths requires knowing yourself and trusting that people are out there who will appreciate you as you are at your best. |
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Brand Management - 5 Opt-in Methods Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-11-02 | - Word Count: 866 | Viewed: 817 | Votes: 0 A big aid to the success of any online business is those customers paying attention to the site and its messages, including e-mail and newsletters. People who are following your progress on a regular basis are receiving more exposure to your product, and are more likely in the end to purchase the services or item you're selling than someone who just chances across your site. Thus there is an increasing focus on the opt-in method of list building. Here is a handful of opt-in methods that can be employed to begin building that list. |
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Marketing Tip: Connecting With Your Target Market Written by: Marty Bradfield | Distributed: 2010-11-02 | - Word Count: 1127 | Viewed: 1002 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 I am forever amazed at the responses I get, when I ask online marketers who is in their target market... Everyone? Really? In this article, I use a touch of humor to open your eyes to the real answer behind that question, and later in the article, I show you how to quickly and easily reveal your true target audience... |
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How To Profit From Really Inexpensive Website Traffic Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-10-28 | - Word Count: 1200 | Viewed: 815 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 All online marketers eventually realize that a steady flow of targeted traffic is the very life's blood of their online business. At that point some decide to focus on generating free traffic via methods such as article marketing and search engine optimization. That's how I generated most of my website traffic for many years. |
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Marketing Tip: Buying Leads And Lead Generation Is Tough Written by: Marty Bradfield | Distributed: 2010-10-28 | - Word Count: 1080 | Viewed: 1041 | Votes: 0 There are a lot of industries where business people rely upon buying leads to drive new business for them... For example: colleges and other schools, insurance agents, real estate professionals, mortgage brokers, and network marketers are constantly buying leads to find new prospects... |
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Stop Stressing - Do, Defer, Delegate Written by: Larry Tobin | Distributed: 2010-10-28 | - Word Count: 859 | Viewed: 894 | Votes: 0 Sometimes the problem that we're dealing with isn't necessarily a matter of the stress itself, but rather the way we're approaching it. Fortunately, this also means that we can correct those same problems that we've made. What we need to learn to do is analyze, categorize and prioritize our efforts. |
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5 Reasons to Hire a Ghost Producer for Your Video Content Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-10-28 | - Word Count: 859 | Viewed: 829 | Votes: 0 When it comes to producing an online video component, such as a webisode series or informational campaign, it might be time to hire such an expert to ghost-produce your materials. Ghost-production is the development of materials that will go out solely under the brand name, without necessarily attributing the creator in the process. As this article will discuss, there are many advantages in this approach for all involved. |
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Retire From Your Full Time Job With The Best Internet Business To Start Written by: Ryan Parenti | Distributed: 2010-10-28 | - Word Count: 771 | Viewed: 811 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Do you know how many people are quietly earning a six or seven figure income from information publishing? People like you who are earning it from the comfort of their spare room, with no employees, no overhead and almost pure profit? |
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Do Nice Guys Fail In Internet Marketing For Online Businesses? Written by: Ryan Parenti | Distributed: 2010-10-26 | - Word Count: 916 | Viewed: 809 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 4.50 The truth is if you want to build a real business, it needs to be scalable. Here are the lessons learned from that fatal day and the take aways you can use to build your business the right way. |
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Marketing Tip: A Google Adwords Strategy That Makes More Cents Written by: Marty Bradfield | Distributed: 2010-10-26 | - Word Count: 1103 | Viewed: 1146 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 My online associates frequently give me a hard time, trying to convince me that I give away far too much free information... They tell me that I should keep more of my more profitable strategies to myself -- well, at least between us anyway... LOL |
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4 Step Checklist For Online Marketing Success Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-10-25 | - Word Count: 1343 | Viewed: 1100 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Many online business owners want to make the process of developing a successful online business harder than it needs to be... The truth is that a simple 4-step checklist can lead anyone to online profits: |
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How To Out-Socialize The Gurus On Twitter And Other Social Media Written by: Marty Bradfield | Distributed: 2010-10-22 | - Word Count: 1064 | Viewed: 1392 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 5.00 Social media has long been touted as the latest and greatest Internet marketing tool that will bring new people to any online business seeking new customers... For most online marketers, the social media environment appears over-hyped and ineffective... But, this article will show you how to find real success with social media marketing... |
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Success in Business is Easier – if You Can Live Without This Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-10-08 | - Word Count: 441 | Viewed: 828 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 It's no secret that acknowledgement is something we crave more than anything else. In fact, I've heard that acknowledgement is sometimes more important than money when it comes to running a team. |
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Direct Mail: Why Business Owners Don’t Use It Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-10-07 | - Word Count: 270 | Viewed: 822 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 Want to know why most business owners don't do direct mail even though it's probably one of the most effective marketing methods? Well, there's two reasons: |
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Never Be a Cheap Date Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-10-06 | - Word Count: 404 | Viewed: 800 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Up until the last couple of years, I used to give my time away freely. In fact, I would spend up to an hour on the phone with people who had not even paid me a cent. It was frustrating and it was annoying - because while a certain percentage of those people did move forward, there was a lot of time wasted dealing with those who wanted to pick my brain at no charge. That was when I got smart. |
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Why Sales Without Marketing is DUMB Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-10-05 | - Word Count: 452 | Viewed: 788 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 I remember when I first started out in sales I used to set up a meeting and I would get there and the person sitting across from me would be like: "Well, convince me" ... and I would be like a telemarketer on steroids trying to show them why I had the best solution in the world for them. Can you relate? |
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A 3 Minute Mistake Which Could Cost You Thousands Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-10-04 | - Word Count: 320 | Viewed: 753 | Votes: 0 Anyway, I am a decent customer for them. And winning me over could be worth several thousand dollars over a lifetime. So you can imagine my shock and surprise when this happens... |
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How To Cope Better When Crappy Stuff Happens Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-10-01 | - Word Count: 371 | Viewed: 802 | Votes: 0 Sometimes stuff happens that we don't expect - in business and in life. How will you cope with the next unexpected problem or disaster? |
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Overcome Sales Objections Fast - Just Do This Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-09-30 | - Word Count: 314 | Viewed: 796 | Votes: 0 On Saturday, I went to a bike shop with my family to purchase a new bike for my son who is now so very proud that he can ride his bike. The salesman overcome all of our objections in less than 30 seconds... Learn how... |
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Write Winning Headlines While You Sleep? Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-09-29 | - Word Count: 197 | Viewed: 838 | Votes: 0 Want to get an extra 6-8 hours of productivity every day? Then try this little trick... |
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Brand Management - Four Ways to Cross Pollinate Your Blog Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-09-07 | - Word Count: 891 | Viewed: 915 | Votes: 0 While using single marketing tools can be revolutionary and powerful, combining multiple tools really brings out the best in each tool. The same holds true of an online branding campaign. Each tool can accomplish a different task, of course, but they all must be used in the service of brand promotion and name recognition if the campaign is to succeed. Part of good online branding is building an audience for your blog. In order to do this, you must take advantage of tools such as Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks if you want to build your audience steadily and profitably. |
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Not Your Grandfather’s Press Release Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-09-02 | - Word Count: 847 | Viewed: 912 | Votes: 0 Sometimes the various means of branding a business overlap. Blogs, video archives, promotional pages, the online press room and press releases all seem to bleed into each other without distinction. So what is it that makes any one element distinct? Press releases have their clue in their name; they are released to other locations in order to get information out to a wider audience than a brand's own immediate readership. When that is considered, the various ways a press release can be leveraged to capture that audience become much more evident. |
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Online Brand Management - 5 Benefits of Viral Videos Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-31 | - Word Count: 854 | Viewed: 1418 | Votes: 0 Viral video is simultaneously the most entertaining and the most infuriating element of online marketing. Let's clear the air quickly: No one can promise you a viral video success. Ever. Viral videos succeed because the audience likes them and spreads them on to other people. If the audience doesn't get it, the video doesn't go viral, and there is nothing that can guarantee the response you want. Let us consider the success of one particular viral series to see some of the benefits available from this branding tactic. |
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Online Brand Marketing - 4 Ways to Use Social Media in Promotions Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-26 | - Word Count: 853 | Viewed: 816 | Votes: 0 Social media marketing has earned its place as one of the fastest-growing, most competitive marketing fields in the history of advertising. The best social media tools combine simplicity with an extensive reach, allowing messages to target thousands of people in seconds, thus serving as an outstanding tool of brand promotion. Briefly, here are a few of the more interesting and simple ways you can use social media to arrange a short-term promotion for your brand. |
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Building Brand Identity - Five Reasons Your Blog Needs a Ghostwriter Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-24 | - Word Count: 907 | Viewed: 1091 | Votes: 0 A ghostwriter is any writer who creates content for a project that will be presented under another name. Every blog needs a writer to direct it, and blogs do best when guided by one or two voices in a consistent direction. Sometimes, however, the originator of a business or idea isn't the one who can best capture that direction, and that's when you should turn to a ghostwriter. |
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Building Brand Identity: How Wikipedia Defines Branding Success Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-19 | - Word Count: 917 | Viewed: 1167 | Votes: 0 It is instructive and inspiring to take a look at the people who have succeeded in your field. Whether it's an attempt to learn from their mistakes and victories or just a pause to reflect on the admirable accomplishments of another, studying the work of those who've set the benchmark can inspire reflection and spur us on to greater heights. |
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Creative Conjuring for Your Writing Team Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-17 | - Word Count: 870 | Viewed: 882 | Votes: 0 Let us suppose for a moment that you have made the decision to hire a permanent, in-house writing team as opposed to seeking out writers on a more per-contract basis. Now that you've got them, what's the best way to maximize their creativity? Have a look at a handful of techniques that have been demonstrated to help spur productivity and creativity in your writers. |
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Building Brand Identity - Tag, You're It Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-12 | - Word Count: 955 | Viewed: 736 | Votes: 0 A good tagline needs to be both memorable -and- honest, focused on the brand and the truth about that brand. When saying, 'tag, you're it,' the stress is on the -you-. Make the tagline about your brand, and nothing else. Here are some tag line tips to think about. |
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In or Out - Choosing the Content Service for Your Brand Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-10 | - Word Count: 884 | Viewed: 786 | Votes: 0 It's only a bit of an exaggeration to describe the debate over in-house writers vs. an outside content service as "raging." For any organization dedicated to producing written content as part of its brand, it is an important matter that eventually will need to be addressed. Each method, of course, has its advantages and disadvantages; there are no quick answers. But here are some considerations that should make the decision a little easier: |
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How To Get Your Syndicated Articles Opened, Read And Published Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-08-05 | - Word Count: 1318 | Viewed: 1243 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Syndicated articles can be a very powerful promotion tool in the hands of the person who knows how to use them... This is the reason why article marketing is generally a hot topic of conversation... Unfortunately, not all of the conversation is positive, because the vast majority of people who attempt to utilize article marketing for the promotion of their online business are absolutely clueless as to how to use article marketing to its fullest potential... |
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Online Brand Management - Deliver the Best of Your Brand with an Online Newsletter Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-05 | - Word Count: 904 | Viewed: 809 | Votes: 0 Emailed newsletters have the benefit of requiring fewer resources, going out faster, reaching a wider audience with less effort and being easier to correct if a mistake slips in. However, many of them end up being ignored just as much as their physical counterpart. Here are several tips for making sure that even a newsletter can have the desired effect and reach audiences with the message you want them to get. |
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Cracking The Article Marketing Puzzle Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-08-04 | - Word Count: 1343 | Viewed: 1100 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 5.00 Article marketing is one of those topics that always seems to generate a lot of conversation in forums and marketing discussions... Online marketers are generally split into three camps, when it comes to arguing the effectiveness of article marketing as a promotional method... Camp One swears by article marketing, as an integral and essential part of their online marketing activities... They suggest that the benefits of article marketing are twofold: direct click-through (CTR) traffic from the article that may deliver immediate sales; and improved search rankings that will drive additional search traffic... |
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Why Ker-chunk Needs to Proceed Ker-ching Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-08-03 | - Word Count: 1010 | Viewed: 835 | Votes: 0 This morning I was working with a client who was feeling some frustration around defining the niche for their business: "Why is picking a niche so hard?" my client wanted to know. |
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How Much Is Too Much To Pay For SEO? Written by: Kurt D. Lynn | Distributed: 2010-08-03 | - Word Count: 987 | Viewed: 790 | Votes: 0 A practical guide on in determining the value of SEO services or doing it yourself. |
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Online Brand Management - Follow the Tweeter Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-08-03 | - Word Count: 916 | Viewed: 802 | Votes: 0 No one with any degree of sanity can safely dismiss the impact of Twitter. Everyone of note is using it, as are about half the people who aren't of note. Other social media services may have equal popularity, but none has changed the fundamental way people communicate as much as this little service that forces them to compress their thoughts into 140 characters or less. |
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Guerrilla Marketing: About Love Not War Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-07-29 | - Word Count: 1061 | Viewed: 1202 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 "Guerrilla Marketing" is a term coined by Jay Conrad Levinson in his 1984 book: Guerrilla Marketing: Secrets for Making Big Profits for Your Small Business. The term is a spin on "Guerrilla Warfare," war tactics used by small, often indigenous armies fighting larger, better equipped invaders. |
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Almost There - YouTube and Social Networking Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-07-29 | - Word Count: 885 | Viewed: 824 | Votes: 0 Part of innovation is the combination of ideas. The telephone wasn't strictly a new concept; electrical transmission of messages existed in the telegraph, and the transmission of recorded sound existed in the phonograph. Combining these two technologies is what led to the telephone. This is also the path much of the Web seems bent on taking, combining and integrating services, and YouTube seems to be no exception. |
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Building Brand Identity: The Shining Success of Penny Arcade Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-07-28 | - Word Count: 856 | Viewed: 718 | Votes: 0 As brands go, few are as successful as Penny Arcade. Begun in 1998 as a web comic focused on videogame culture as seen through the eyes of the writer and artist, it has grown into a cultural touchstone and an example of how a brand can develop from humble roots into a true powerhouse. |
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Online Fax Solutions For Your Small Home Business Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 812 | Viewed: 832 | Votes: 0 Anyone operating a small business or home office will know you have to keep a close watch on your operating expenses. These expenses can balloon out of control and eat into your profits. Here is one solution concerning online fax. |
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Find Your Market On The Internet Written by: Kurt D. Lynn | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 659 | Viewed: 648 | Votes: 0 A quick overview of how to target your markets on the Internet. |
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How To Earn An Online Living As A Writer Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 373 | Viewed: 953 | Votes: 0 Since 1996 I've written over 1600 articles. These articles have provided me with a decent living in numerous ways. Here is how I've used the articles that I've written: |
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Plagiarism Detection: How to Win Against Thieves Who Steal Your Articles Written by: Royce Tivel | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 2732 | Viewed: 968 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 Take these 5 specific steps to detect plagiarism and nuke unlawful publication of your online content. These 5 steps can also be used to remove content taken, without your permission, from your ezine publication, web site, or blog posts. |
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The Most Commonly Overlooked Consideration That Impacts the Cost of Faxing Services Written by: David R. Meister | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 602 | Viewed: 762 | Votes: 0 As organizations assess the efficiency and effectiveness of their fax solutions, it is more critical than ever that the evaluation be comprehensive. The most obvious consideration is cost. But the advertised price of a faxing product or service tells only part of the story. |
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5 Types Of Titles That Can Get More People To Read Your Article Written by: Lee Dobbins | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 972 | Viewed: 2197 | Votes: 0 In today's fast paced world where visitors take only about 4 seconds to scan a webpage, you are competing with thousands of other article writers so you need to write a compelling title that draws in readers like a magnet so that your article stands out from the crowd. Here are 5 different types of titles that are sure to get more people "clicking in" to read your article: |
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Maximizing Profits by Lowering Health Care Costs in an Obamacare Society Written by: Thayne Carper | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 920 | Viewed: 912 | Votes: 0 Health care costs are a growing concern amongst small and large business owners throughout America. The cost of medicine in the United States is out of control. Because of the rising health care costs, employers are forced to reduce bonuses, reduce spending, and sometimes layoff employees, which increases stress. |
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Dealing with Uncertainty in Marketing Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 929 | Viewed: 880 | Votes: 0 So often a business owner will say to me that they "hate" marketing. If you are a small business owner who "hates" marketing or even feels a sense of uneasiness when you contemplate marketing for your business, this article is dedicated to you. |
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In Their Own Way: Stories of Online Branding Success Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 977 | Viewed: 689 | Votes: 0 Here are a few web branding success stories. These are not the names that are usually thrown about, like YouTube or Facebook. Rather, these are people who have developed a niche success in their own field, and have become world-famous brands in their own way, and their own time. |
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Cloud Computing: Does Your Business Belong in 'The Cloud'? Written by: Anne Sych | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 601 | Viewed: 984 | Votes: 0 The 'Cloud' has rolled in and by all accounts is here to stay, but is it really the magic bullet for most businesses and is it right for you? And are all clouds the same? Here's what you need to know about computing in 'the Cloud'. |
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Earning a Passive Income is the Secret to Making Money in This Economy Written by: Mary Ann Desiano | Distributed: 2010-07-27 | - Word Count: 945 | Viewed: 716 | Votes: 0 The dream of working from home and making unlimited income is possible with multiple streams of passive income. Passive income or residual income is money you earn after you made the initial sale. This article will explain a few different ways to build passive residual income. |
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Do You Want to Say Goodbye to Penny-Pinchers? Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-06-25 | - Word Count: 472 | Viewed: 876 | Votes: 0 Let me tell you a story from my early days in business about the importance of getting the right customers. |
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Business Lessons from the Soccer World Cup Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-06-24 | - Word Count: 487 | Viewed: 865 | Votes: 0 Here's what's interesting: at half-time I was listening to the commentators and they said something which I found interesting... |
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Why Attracting Web Site Traffic is Overrated Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-06-23 | - Word Count: 233 | Viewed: 900 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 One of the big things which sells online is information on how to get more traffic. And while that is obviously important, I believe it is given far more importance than it should. |
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Never Underestimate The Real Power Of Long-Tail Keywords Written by: Hunter Waterhouse | Distributed: 2010-06-23 | - Word Count: 1374 | Viewed: 1181 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 The Mayday Update was primarily focused on changing how Long-Tail Search Queries were handled by Google... In this article, I discuss what Mayday changed, and how to optimize for the new Google... |
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My Opinion on Google Adwords Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-06-22 | - Word Count: 262 | Viewed: 801 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 Over the past 5 or 6 years I have made some pretty good cash-flow out of google adwords. |
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Can Our Dreams Be Our Teachers? Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-06-21 | - Word Count: 541 | Viewed: 760 | Votes: 0 A recent dream awoke lessons in my heart... |
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Online Fax - What Is An Internet or Online Fax Provider? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-04-26 | - Word Count: 642 | Viewed: 719 | Votes: 0 While online faxing has become very popular, there are still many people wondering just what exactly is an online fax provider? Just how does this new way of web faxing work? Read to find out... |
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What Marketing Do You REALLY Need Right Now? Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-04-22 | - Word Count: 1224 | Viewed: 887 | Votes: 0 Many small business owners I talk to always seem to be playing catch up when it comes to their marketing. Last week when I told a small business owner that she was doing a good job with her marketing, she replied "Oh, but I have so much to do!" in an apologetic tone. Listening to her I felt sad. I mean who the heck laid down these requirements that a small business has to have so much in place so fast? |
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Building Inroads: the Inclusive Path to Branding Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-04-21 | - Word Count: 843 | Viewed: 791 | Votes: 0 Brand success is no longer the sole domain of those with the money to employ creative teams and retain advertising firms, but an open territory for any willing to seize the initiative and do the work. |
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Building Brand Identity - New Tools Demand New Methods Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-04-20 | - Word Count: 946 | Viewed: 736 | Votes: 0 Military students often learn of a certain mistake that a commander can make: fighting last year's war with this year's tools. The lesson is that it may not work to use the newest techniques and technologies as a way to do the same old thing more effectively, when the answer instead might be using new tools to foster an entirely new approach. The concept holds true in many fields, especially in the discipline of social media marketing. |
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Increasing ROI by Improving Business Sustainability in a Cash-Strapped Economy Written by: Thayne Carper | Distributed: 2010-04-20 | - Word Count: 908 | Viewed: 826 | Votes: 0 During times of economic uncertainty and staggering consumer confidence levels, companies seek alternative measures to increase business sustainability. Businesses incur additional costs to cover operational expenses; however, companies unintentionally waste their revenue on excess supplies and inefficient policies. |
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How to Get Great Traffic to Your Website Written by: David O Connell | Distributed: 2010-04-20 | - Word Count: 503 | Viewed: 793 | Votes: 0 This covers pay per click, pay per action such as form fills and lead generation, and even alternative forms of paid traffic such as pay per tweet or pay per 1000 impressions types. |
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Keys to Attracting Win-Win Strategic Alliances Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-04-20 | - Word Count: 908 | Viewed: 958 | Votes: 0 The most potent marketing strategy for any small business owner is not a great website, or lots of Facebook friends, or a killer networking plan. The marketing strategy that will get you faster and farther than anything else put together is developing strategic alliances with other businesses so you can promote each others products and services. |
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Online Marketing: Can You Achieve SEO with a WordPress Site? Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2010-04-19 | - Word Count: 810 | Viewed: 2065 | Votes: 0 Online marketing consulting wisdom now recognizes that sites built with content management or "blog" software like WordPress are indistinguishable from any other website. Additionally, the software can provide unique and powerful SEO tools. |
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Send Fax Online - Just How Is It Done? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-04-19 | - Word Count: 760 | Viewed: 902 | Votes: 0 For those still using the old traditional fax machine in the office, online faxing may seem somewhat puzzling - just how do you send a fax online? Read to find out how it is done and why your company should probably be using it. |
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Social Media Marketing Agencies Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-04-19 | - Word Count: 916 | Viewed: 1015 | Votes: 0 Marketing has its own experts, for every conceivable aspect. Fairly new to the field of brand marketing, but establishing a firm foothold all the same, is the social media marketing agency. They offer specific advantages in their expertise that a more general agency might not fully grasp, and are worth a look for anyone serious about developing their brand into an online powerhouse. |
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How to Avoid Four Surefire Ways to Kill Your Brand Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-04-16 | - Word Count: 831 | Viewed: 738 | Votes: 0 There are no guarantees of success when developing a modern brand. Brands are driven as much by the customer as they are by the originator, and the customer doesn't always want what's being sold. What follows are four ways you can miss the point, and some advice for avoiding them. |
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VoIP Phone Systems - The Future Is in Your Hands Written by: Steve Dublim | Distributed: 2010-04-14 | - Word Count: 474 | Viewed: 792 | Votes: 0 Year by year, a new gadget or gizmo is introduced in telephone technology. From mobile phones, to text messaging, to smart phones and beyond, telephones have evolved into a brilliant means of multi-faceted communication. VoIP phone systems (stands for Voice over Internet Protocol) have changed the way businesses - both large and small - communicate. Affordable, portable and easy to use, VoIP technology is the phone of the future. |
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Business Turnaround: Locate and Isolate the Root Causes of Your Company's Problems Written by: Thayne Carper | Distributed: 2010-04-13 | - Word Count: 529 | Viewed: 895 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 When seeking business turnaround, one of the first things you need to do is to determine the root causes of your economic woes. Your company may have financial problems for a plethora of reasons, which your business turnaround plan will have to consider. |
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Delivering Effective Performance Feedback - Simple Steps for Success Written by: Andria L. Corso | Distributed: 2010-04-13 | - Word Count: 989 | Viewed: 1608 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 Delivering performance feedback does not need to be difficult. Follow the guidelines and feedback delivery model outlined in this article and you will create a more simple and effective process to deliver effective performance feedback. |
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Your Internet Marketing Virtual Vending Machine Route Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-04-13 | - Word Count: 1456 | Viewed: 926 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 When I'm being introduced at seminars and tele-events, the emcee often points out that I have over 1600 websites. This usually grabs the attention of audience members who have to wonder why I have so many websites, and how I manage them. So, let me enlighten you. |
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Building Brand Identity - Marketing With Twitter Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-04-13 | - Word Count: 853 | Viewed: 737 | Votes: 0 Twitter, the net's networking success story, is intriguing and intimidating because of its message limitations: they can be 140 characters, and no more. These limitations have proven to be the greatest asset and the greatest challenge for people trying to use Twitter for any number of purposes. |
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Built-in Trust: Increase Sales Exponentially with a New Breed of Strategic Partnerships Written by: Joseph Skursky | Distributed: 2010-04-13 | - Word Count: 672 | Viewed: 923 | Votes: 0 Wouldn't it be nice if you could bypass the competition and get in front of hundreds of qualified prospects who are looking forward to talking with you? No cold-calling or expensive advertising. No sales calls to people who don't understand what you do or the value of it. No waiting months for people to decide whether to trust you or not. What would that do to your sales cycle? Your revenue? Your profit margins? Let's talk about a way you can accomplish this. |
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Lessons From Sport and Alan Jones Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-04-13 | - Word Count: 530 | Viewed: 723 | Votes: 0 I was flicking through the newspaper on the weekend when I came across an article about Alan Jones. The article covered a number of things, but there were a couple of things which stood out. |
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The Problem With Business Planning Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-04-12 | - Word Count: 324 | Viewed: 799 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 If you go to a conventional business seminar, you are going to get the following advice: Write a business plan Do a swot analysis A competitor analysis etc. etc. And I can see why so many people are held back from starting a business. But I have another approach. A simper approach. |
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Brand Management - Four Options for Focusing Your Newsletter Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-04-09 | - Word Count: 834 | Viewed: 621 | Votes: 0 Building on precious lessons of newsletter writing, this article highlights specific ways that a newsletter can be turned from a seemingly redundant tangent into a valuable marketing tool that speaks for itself while supporting the organization's core mission. |
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The Better Mousetrap Myth Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-04-09 | - Word Count: 333 | Viewed: 793 | Votes: 0 Most people think the value lies in the thing...the new gadget the book the newsletter the course. That if they simply build a better mousetrap, they'll find overnight wealth. But it's simply not true. |
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Webmasters: There Is Nothing To Fear About PHP But Fear Itself Written by: Hartford Rhodes | Distributed: 2010-03-19 | - Word Count: 2042 | Viewed: 1217 | Votes: 0 Webmasters tend to have an overwhelming fear of working with Internet programming and online scripts... I must admit, I shared that intimidation when I started exploring software code in 1999... This article will guide you towards overcoming the fear, by helping you put knowledge on your side... |
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5 Essential Elements of Successful Article Marketing Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-03-17 | - Word Count: 1149 | Viewed: 1229 | Votes: 0 If you understand the "how and why" of writing great articles, perhaps you can generate more sales from your articles than I have from mine... But if you miss the point of this article, you are likely to never make any money at all with article marketing... |
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7 Tips to Be a Successful Online Marketer Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-03-17 | - Word Count: 2321 | Viewed: 961 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Online Marketing... there's no life like it - be your own boss, set your own hours, work at home or anywhere in the world for that matter. What more could you ask for? So here are my 7 Tips for becoming a Successful Online Marketer. |
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The Online Fax Revolution: Have Fax Will Travel Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-03-16 | - Word Count: 566 | Viewed: 712 | Votes: 0 Online fax services are truly revolutionary if you consider how they have changed the modern workplace. But there are many more reasons why online faxing has revolutionized our working lives - read to discover these reasons and why you or your company should be using online fax. |
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A False Economy I NO LONGER Practice Do You? Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-03-15 | - Word Count: 676 | Viewed: 912 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 Many of us go out and buy some of the best software and hardware tools available. We read about some tool that could easily DOUBLE our business, or TRIPLE our productivity, so we wisely purchase it. After the purchase is made, the whole process goes sideways... |
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Online Brand Management: Optimizing Facebook Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-03-15 | - Word Count: 863 | Viewed: 1239 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 We've previously discussed the Web's amazing tendency to take very good ideas and adapt them to techniques largely unrelated to their original intent. Search engines rate all websites based on their internal criteria, and this increasingly includes Social Media pages such as Facebook. With that in mind, let's consider five key ways you can apply SEO techniques to Facebook in order to drive interest. |
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List Building - Is It Still Relevant On Today's Web? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-03-15 | - Word Count: 1054 | Viewed: 860 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 List building has always been a popular marketing technique used by online marketers and webmasters. But given all the changes, is list building still relevant on today's web? Read to find out more... |
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Cost Reduction: Cutbacks Are Unavoidable Written by: Thayne Carper | Distributed: 2010-03-15 | - Word Count: 497 | Viewed: 1290 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 1.00 Good cost reduction means you must slash your expenses and costs when possible, provided that this does not affect your product quality or harm your operations. There are numerous approaches to cutting expenses, and you cost reduction plan must identify where you can save money. |
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Online Brand Management: Brand Protection Basics Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-03-12 | - Word Count: 972 | Viewed: 1000 | Votes: 0 One of the greatest strengths of the Web is that it gives everyone with a connection the ability to publish content, period. Anyone can register domain names and build attendant webpages, often for what amounts to a pittance. Naturally, this flexibility has attracted the attention of people with less than honest motives for their efforts. Here we share three common hazards and their solutions for safeguarding your brand. |
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Earn Money Sharing Videos Written by: Mary Ann Desiano | Distributed: 2010-03-11 | - Word Count: 322 | Viewed: 871 | Votes: 0 An easy online business is sending viral videos to your friends. Make money from ad revenue and membership fees on video sharing web sites. |
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Online Fax Services - How Do They Work? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-03-10 | - Word Count: 564 | Viewed: 636 | Votes: 0 Online fax services are popular forms of cloud computing which many savvy business owners have fully embraced. But just what is an online fax service and how does it work? Read to find out... |
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Online Brand Protection: Don't Get Crazy Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-03-10 | - Word Count: 759 | Viewed: 1050 | Votes: 0 It is true that there are people out there who intend to misuse and abuse brand associations that others worked hard to create, and there are steps to take to limit them. However, there is such a thing as overzealousness. Attempting to outright control the Web is an exercise in folly, and we provide a clear example of when going too far can go wrong. |
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My New Top 10 Free Website Traffic Generation Methods - Part 1 Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-03-10 | - Word Count: 885 | Viewed: 1286 | Votes: 0 In 2008, I wrote an ebook that revealed my most effective methods of generating free website traffic. As online conditions and technologies change, I feel it's now time to update that ebook. However, instead of revealing my new top 10 free website traffic generation methods in ebook format, I'm going to do it in a 10-part article series. |
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Business Turnaround: Stabilize Your Environment with Positive Cash Management Written by: Thayne Carper | Distributed: 2010-03-10 | - Word Count: 531 | Viewed: 1261 | Votes: 0 A good business turnaround requires you to stabilize your environment; without this step, your business will likely remain unprofitable. Maintaining both a positive cash balance and abiding by a smart budget is vital. |
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Conducting Effective Career Aspiration Discussions with Employees Written by: Andria L. Corso | Distributed: 2010-03-10 | - Word Count: 690 | Viewed: 5333 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 1.88 Enhance your talent management and development programs through conducting career aspiration discussions with your employees. Find out where they want to grow their career to determine if it matches your business needs. This will enable you to differentiate your employee development to grow the future leaders of your company. |
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Hitting Your Stride: Four Keys to Timing Your Blog Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-03-04 | - Word Count: 895 | Viewed: 747 | Votes: 0 There are a number of important factors that go into the production of a first-class blog. One that many people wrestle with is how often should the thing be updated. Innocuous as it sounds, post frequency is actually vital to the success of any content project, and especially to blogs. Time, place, and availability of content all have parts to play in determining just how often you need to update your blog. |
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The Ox and The Fly Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-03-02 | - Word Count: 305 | Viewed: 731 | Votes: 0 Over Xmas, I bought a business book about Aesop's Fables. And from memory, one of Aesop's Fables is about the ox and the fly. In a nutshell, it goes like this. |
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Online Brand Protection - Must-Know Tactics to Safeguard Your Business Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-03-02 | - Word Count: 652 | Viewed: 902 | Votes: 0 Intellectual property, trademarks and copyrights--if you are in business, you probably know what these are and how important they are. However, an online business has additional factors that must be considered to protect its brand within the Web’s wide exposure. |
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Focus On Your Strengths Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-03-01 | - Word Count: 450 | Viewed: 703 | Votes: 0 Last year, I took over a small second office next to the one I have now. I've had it painted and recarpeted. But setting it up and getting my current office painted / recarpeted seems overwhelming. I know. I know. I've got to make the time to plan out how I want it to all look, what I want to get out of it, where I want what, etc. because my current office just feels too congested. But I find it overwhelming. |
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Look Out For The Smoking Gun Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-02-26 | - Word Count: 380 | Viewed: 726 | Votes: 0 In the legal world, there is a term called "Smoking Gun" which refers to that critical piece of information which makes it impossible for your opponent to win a court case. It's a fact, a piece of evidence or whatever which proves what you have to say beyond any seed of doubt. And there are a lot of correlations between law and advertising because when you are selling via the printed word, your jury is your customer. |
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Awaken The LION Within You Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-02-25 | - Word Count: 384 | Viewed: 867 | Votes: 0 Yesterday I read the "Mr. Brave" book to my 3 year old son. And he asked me "What's brave?" I explained to him that brave is anything you do when you are scared to do something, but you do it anyway. And that is a big part of living, isn't it? |
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5 Great Ways to Save Time with Enterprise VoIP Integration Written by: Alexander Anoshin | Distributed: 2010-02-25 | - Word Count: 733 | Viewed: 1220 | Votes: 0 From this article, you'll learn the 5 main reasons to integrate VoIP in your enterprise. You'll know which enterprise applications integrate with which VoIP software to achieve the most results. |
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Online Brand Building - Do You Need a Social Media Newsroom? Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-02-25 | - Word Count: 896 | Viewed: 648 | Votes: 0 Curriculum vitae, work experience, references, skills inventory, resume: all describe a source of information where people can condense the vital information about themselves into a single document for interested parties to examine. The idea is giving people an overview they can sort through in order to weigh your merits and strengths against their needs, as well as to get an idea of how you present yourself. |
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Business Turnaround: Reorganize Your Company and Focus on Its Profitable Areas Written by: Thayne Carper | Distributed: 2010-02-25 | - Word Count: 539 | Viewed: 987 | Votes: 0 After you have determined the root cause of your company's problems, you must now reorganize to make your company profitable. All companies have strengths and weaknesses, and it would be wise to recognize which areas are assets to you and which need improvement. |
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How You Can Beat 97% Of The Pack Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-02-24 | - Word Count: 388 | Viewed: 653 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 When I was seventeen I remember doing a program called Discovery. I think I was the only teenager who paid for half the fee and begged and pleaded their parents to let them go. Basically, it was a course which taught a lot of life skills from motivation to how to deal with conflict... kind of like an Anthony Robbins for teenagers. |
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Cost Reduction for Business: How to Best Manage Your Costs Written by: Thayne Carper | Distributed: 2010-02-23 | - Word Count: 506 | Viewed: 1487 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.33 Companies have to use various forms of financial studies - estimates, budgets, forecasts, analyses, and evaluations - to report and control their costs. |
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Social Media Management - Watching the Chick-fil-A Cows Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-02-23 | - Word Count: 439 | Viewed: 927 | Votes: 0 What can you do as a small- or medium-sized business owner to increase your reach with your customers? One smart idea is to look at what the big guys are doing. One company that is maximizing its marketing efforts online and offline is Chick-fil-A, the second largest chicken-based fast-food restaurant in the United States. |
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How to Save Time, Money and Effort with Enterprise VoIP Software Written by: Alexander Anoshin | Distributed: 2010-02-23 | - Word Count: 1132 | Viewed: 803 | Votes: 0 From this article, you'll learn a number of ways various VoIP software, ranging from voice portals to attendant consoles, can help your enterprise become more productive. Also, you'll learn how to use the VoIP software to empower your employees. |
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Impactful Talent Management: The Five Essential Dos Written by: Andria L. Corso | Distributed: 2010-02-18 | - Word Count: 1277 | Viewed: 876 | Votes: 0 Simplify your talent management and development programs with these 5 steps: define, describe, discuss, decide, & differentiate. Just because talent development involves the most precious commodity in your company does not mean it needs to be complex. By using these 5 steps, your solution can be impactful yet simple. |
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Business Turnaround: An Overview of How to Best Enhance Your Company's Finances Written by: Thayne Carper | Distributed: 2010-02-18 | - Word Count: 539 | Viewed: 673 | Votes: 0 A successful business turnaround requires the owner to take certain steps to become a profitable enterprise. By taking the following actions, you can reorganize your company and produce positive cash flow. |
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Online Brand Building By the Numbers Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-02-18 | - Word Count: 845 | Viewed: 668 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 In the process of building your company's online brand, you're going to have to deal with a veritable ton of information. However all the information in the world isn't going to do your online marketing efforts a bit of good if you aren't able to measure it against carefully chosen benchmarks of performance. In short, you need to identify your metrics. |
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5 Savvy Ways to Make the Most of Your Call Accounting Software Written by: Alexander Anoshin | Distributed: 2010-02-18 | - Word Count: 892 | Viewed: 665 | Votes: 0 You'll learn the 5 ways you can use call accounting software to make your enterprise more efficient from this article. |
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5 Ways to Save on IP Telephony with Call-Accounting Software Written by: Alexander Anoshin | Distributed: 2010-02-17 | - Word Count: 834 | Viewed: 854 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 From this article, you'll learn how to use call accounting software to reduce your enterprise IP telephony costs. |
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Who's Linking to Your Web Site - and What Does That Say About You to Google? Written by: Stone Reuning | Distributed: 2010-02-16 | - Word Count: 1240 | Viewed: 602 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 Find out how to see who is linking to your website, and learn how to grow better links to help your web site grow more traffic. |
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Online Marketing Consultants Say Content is King Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2010-02-11 | - Word Count: 818 | Viewed: 806 | Votes: 0 Online marketing consultants emphasize the importance of fresh, relevant content for better search engine placement. People read differently online, creating a whole new set of composition and formatting rules for Web copy. Learning to write good text is the most affordable SEO tool at your disposal. |
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Internet Fax Services - Which One Is Right For You? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-02-11 | - Word Count: 878 | Viewed: 854 | Votes: 0 Internet fax services are becoming very popular with companies and home business owners. But which one is right for you or your business? Read this informative article to find out... |
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Learn to Avoid Basic SEO and Internet Marketing Mistakes Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2010-02-09 | - Word Count: 819 | Viewed: 826 | Votes: 0 Many new website owners fail to consider the basics of SEO from the planning stages of their site. The biggest mistakes are generally the easiest ones to avoid. You don't necessarily need a marketing coach to recognize and to overcome common SEO pitfalls. |
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Free Fax Trial - Is This A Rip-Off Or Not? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-02-09 | - Word Count: 584 | Viewed: 663 | Votes: 0 Free Fax Trial - Many people are very wary of anything offered for free on the web, but this is one case where trying a free fax trial could prove very beneficial for everyone concerned. Find out why by reading this informative article... |
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The End Of Dumb Affiliate Marketing Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-02-09 | - Word Count: 921 | Viewed: 925 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 One of the saddest things that I witness day after day is affiliate marketers who really struggle to make sales. They send out email after email, promotion after promotion, yet often make very few sales. This is not only sad, it's also needless "practice bleeding." Making affiliate sales is easy when you know the secret. It's even very scientific and does have fairly predictable results. |
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Many Fail To Plan, More Fail To Execute! Written by: Martin Harshberger | Distributed: 2010-02-09 | - Word Count: 744 | Viewed: 792 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 As the owner, CEO or senior executive of a business, you share many things in common with the coaches of professional sports teams. Can you imagine the head coach of a team - say in the National Football League - going into a game without a game plan? Of course not! That coach would soon be out of work. Coaches literally spend hundreds hours preparing for a 60-minute event. |
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Does Your Web Site Pass the Title Tag Test? Written by: Stone Reuning | Distributed: 2010-02-09 | - Word Count: 694 | Viewed: 591 | Votes: 0 When you call up your web site, what do you see in the top of your browser? If your title tag simply reads "company name" or "welcome", you're missing a big opportunity to entice more visitors to your site from the search engines. |
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Four Warnings Regarding a Foreign-Sounding (or Foreign-Looking) New Business Name Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-02-09 | - Word Count: 726 | Viewed: 730 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Foreign names for companies or products sometimes do very well in the American market. We also see plenty of pseudo-foreign names - created by misapplying spelling patterns found in foreign languages. Use my four-point checklist to make sure you're branding well by giving your name a foreign flavor rather than burdening your creation with a seriously disadvantageous name. |
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The Road To Online Marketing Success Requires Commitment Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-02-09 | - Word Count: 1552 | Viewed: 1107 | Votes: 0 Unsuccessful online marketers are notorious opportunity seekers - giving an opportunity only a couple of weeks to start showing results, before changing directions to chase the next flavor of the week. It almost seems that the majority of online marketers are chasing get-rich-quick schemes, rather than trying to develop a legitimate business. Those who are successful online, are the kind of people who make a solid commitment to a particular business model and make a long-term commitment to a realistic marketing plan. |
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A Confession From Barack Obama Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-02-08 | - Word Count: 292 | Viewed: 701 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 One of the big mistakes many business owners make is coming across as if they are perfect and have no faults. But here's the problem with this. Perfection doesn't endear you to anyone. And everybody knows it's false. |
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Why I Admire Bob the Builder Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-02-05 | - Word Count: 321 | Viewed: 712 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 Today I want to talk about why I admire Bob the Builder. Until recently, I never thought much about Bob the Builder. But over the holidays, I spent some time watching different shows with my 3 year old son. |
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Marketing Coaching: Understanding the Basics of Page Rank Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2010-02-04 | - Word Count: 868 | Viewed: 776 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 PageRank (PR) is a numerical value Google assigns to a site as a measure of "authority." A marketing coach will emphasize that building PR is one of the most affordable SEO methods. Understanding PR and using it to craft a link-building campaign is a first step toward higher search engine results. |
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Internet Marketing - Why 2010 Will Be A White Knuckle Ride For Web Marketers Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-02-04 | - Word Count: 1193 | Viewed: 785 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 The coming year 2010, may just be one of the most challenging times for web marketers, mainly because of new FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Guidelines and "ALL" the recent changes within Google. Read to discover what all these new changes could mean for your own online marketing... |
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Razor Blades And The Marketing Slippery Slide Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-02-04 | - Word Count: 558 | Viewed: 708 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 On Friday, I made a mistake which probably cost me a thousand dollars or more. That's right. I gave you the wrong number to call to listen into the replay of my teleseminar about getting more customers last week. Now when people are ready to take the next step with you, it is always a big mistake to put anything in the way of them doing so (as I did on Friday). |
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The Art of Working A Room -- Networking Skills for Small Business Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2010-02-04 | - Word Count: 1115 | Viewed: 651 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 Mastering the art of effective networking marks the difference between merely successful entrepreneurs and captains of industry - the better you are at networking, the more power you wield. There are a few simple rules to follow to be successful working the room, and anyone with a little willingness can learn to be a master of networking. |
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Your New Business Name: Three Problems That Could Spell Trouble Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-02-04 | - Word Count: 596 | Viewed: 851 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 If customers, referral sources and media people can't correctly translate the spoken version of your business name into writing, or if they can't make sense of it when they hear the name, word of mouth publicity hits a major snag. Avoid these serious problems when deciding on your new company name. |
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Online Fax And The Small Business Start-Up Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-02-03 | - Word Count: 483 | Viewed: 615 | Votes: 0 Many business start-ups are turning to the Internet to handle all their faxing and phone needs. Online fax and virtual PBX services are becoming extremely popular - discover why by reading this informative article. |
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Social Media Management - Setting Your Sights on the Right Sites Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-02-03 | - Word Count: 906 | Viewed: 678 | Votes: 0 Before jumping into SMM, every business needs to consider the core options available to them and see just which ones truly suit the organization and its needs. To that end, what follows is a short review of some Social Media sites and a comparison of their roles to highlight these issues. |
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A Business Lesson From The Australian Open Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-02-03 | - Word Count: 614 | Viewed: 698 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.50 Unless we move outside our comfort zone on a regular basis, we end up just going around in circles. We need to learn to play 'The Red Line' if we are going to achieve our dreams. And that's what we need to do in business, isn't it? We have to escape our comfort zone to find real success in life and in business... |
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Four Tips For Creating An Effective Authors' Resource Box Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-02-03 | - Word Count: 1669 | Viewed: 1046 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 3.25 In article marketing, there are many factors that will affect your articles' ability to promote your website in the most effective manner. In this article, we will briefly discuss a couple those factors, before we dive into how to create an effective Authors' Resource Box, also known as the About The Author Information. |
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Link Building in Online Marketing: Tougher Than It Sounds Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | - Word Count: 871 | Viewed: 1304 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 You probably don't need to read the latest professional advice...Without links, your site won't develop authority. Without authority, it won't move up on the search engines. But even the most savvy online marketing consultant would have to admit that doing that is just not as easy as it sounds. |
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Are Your Websites Secure Or Is The Back Door Wide Open? Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | - Word Count: 722 | Viewed: 835 | Votes: 0 One of the topics that all of us online business people are aware of but usually don't feel totally on top of is website security. Coming from a background of having spent over 20 years in the U.S. military, and having spent four years as a software tester, I have a greater awareness of the need for continuous vigilance in this area than your average marketer. |
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39 Free/Low-Cost Tools for Marketing Your Small Business Online Written by: Stone Reuning | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | - Word Count: 1777 | Viewed: 912 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 What small business owner has the time to sift through all the tools available for marketing online? Here find the 39 most impactful free or low-cost marketing tools complete with description and link, so you can start adding them to your strategy today. |
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Educate Your Customers Written by: Jesse Self | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | - Word Count: 465 | Viewed: 654 | Votes: 0 Take the time to market and sell new products to your old customers and less time trying to sell old products to new customers and you will see a drastic change in your sales, customer quality and branding position. |
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STOP Attracting The Wrong Customers Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | - Word Count: 640 | Viewed: 789 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 The internet is very sexy at the moment. And everyone wants is hearing about the latest craziest new strategy which can hand you overnight riches. But there's one big problem with the internet: you have no control over who finds your web site. And that means you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find the diamonds. |
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Women and Social Entrepreneurship -- A Growing Trend Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | - Word Count: 533 | Viewed: 672 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.00 Many women are finding that the power and privilege that comes with successful entrepreneurship make it easier to make a difference, both financially and by promoting new ideas. Combining a for-profit business with social activism provides the best of both worlds. Women who are thinking about launching a nonprofit should consider the alternative -- Social Entrepreneurship. |
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The A Word: Accountability Written by: Martin Harshberger | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | - Word Count: 578 | Viewed: 641 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 My 35 plus years of experience has proven that the majority of executives simply will not or cannot do the things that are necessary to succeed... |
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A Company Catchphrase: Creating a Motto or Slogan That Promotes Your Business Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | - Word Count: 608 | Viewed: 3075 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.67 Catchphrases, mottoes and slogans truly influence customers, and that's why you want one for your own company. In just three steps, here's how to make one up for your company. |
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Top 10 Reasons Why Online Marketers Fail With Article Marketing Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-02-01 | - Word Count: 1025 | Viewed: 1043 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 4.67 If you've been marketing products online for any length of time, you've likely heard people talk about the power and promise of article marketing for the promotion of your online business. Unfortunately, many online marketers have tried to utilize article marketing to benefit their online business and failed. In this article, I document the top ten reasons why people fail to find success with article marketing... And how to fix your article marketing campaigns... |
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I Am Not A Golfing Instructor, But I Played One On The Internet Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-01-29 | - Word Count: 1990 | Viewed: 1046 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 I have a unique job, as a professional article ghostwriter, which forces me to do research on topics that I may not normally be interested in learning. Certainly, golf was one of those topics I thought I would never learn about in my life. Now that I have taken the time to learn about the fundamentals of golf, I am glad that I did... But you will be surprised as to why... |
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Top Ten Startup Mistakes That Almost Always Lead to Business Failure Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2010-01-28 | - Word Count: 1188 | Viewed: 802 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.33 Over two-thirds of new businesses fail within the first few years. Protect your business startup against these ten common startup mistakes and get on the road to a successful company. |
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Naming Your Business: Five Hidden Pittfalls of Using Creative Spelling in Your New Company Name Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-01-28 | - Word Count: 549 | Viewed: 806 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 Many companies put the quirks of the English language to work by concocting an alternate spelling of a key word for their name. This associates their organization with a certain quality while standing out with a unique-looking name. However, creative spelling in a name has five significant disadvantages. |
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Beyond Grammar: Easily Avoided Copywriting Mistakes Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-01-28 | - Word Count: 819 | Viewed: 966 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 No system is perfect. There are always flaws and breakdowns that will occur, for any number of reasons. This holds true in the world of online marketing and especially in the realm of the most common web practice, copywriting. This article addresses broader errors of philosophy or doctrine that can cripple an otherwise technically strong piece of copywriting. |
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Stop Wasting Time and Money With Your Article Marketing Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-01-27 | - Word Count: 1014 | Viewed: 905 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.67 Online marketers are always arguing for or against the value of article marketing. Many will argue that article marketing could provide real traffic and sales to ones' website, and furthermore, article submission has the potential to offer some serious SEO value to the marketers' websites. Many more will tell you that article marketing is an utter waste of time and money... The difference between those who do well with article marketing and those who do not is usually a matter of education, or lack thereof... |
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Business Startups with Bad Credit Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2010-01-26 | - Word Count: 734 | Viewed: 791 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 Bad personal credit is a common stumbling block for entrepreneurs. Working for your self is the best opportunity for building wealth. While bad personal credit can make the startup process slightly more challenging, it is not a total barrier to business ownership and business success. |
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Obama Tells the Banks to Lend! Written by: Martin Harshberger | Distributed: 2010-01-26 | - Word Count: 641 | Viewed: 728 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Any kind of real recovery and job creation is impossible without access to credit by small to mid-sized businesses. New entrepreneurs, and even experienced business people, often ask me to help them write plans to get SBA financing for a new or troubled venture. I tell them it just doesn't happen that way. The SBA, USDA, and most other federal loan programs simply guarantee bank loans. You have to get the bank to approve your loan first. But banks are not in the venture capital business. They want secure loans. |
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Crowdsourcing: Three Ways You Can Find a Great New Company or Product Name Free or at Low Cost Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-01-26 | - Word Count: 782 | Viewed: 810 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Increasingly popular, "crowdsourcing" involves inviting a large number of people to perform a task, with a prize promised to the person or team whose work is selected as the winner. Discover three methods of crowdsourcing, five advantages of generating a new company or product name this way and five disadvantages. |
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Why Your Web Presence Needs Video Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-01-26 | - Word Count: 824 | Viewed: 889 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Since the middle of the last century, mass media has been largely defined by video content. People want video content, and businesses that fail to bring it to their web presence likely will find themselves being left behind. Let's take a look at six strong advantages web content has for your organization's web presence. |
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The Six Degrees of Internet Marketing Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-01-26 | - Word Count: 991 | Viewed: 1503 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00 The theory behind the Six Degrees of Separation is that all people on earth can be connected together in as little as six steps. Now, I know what you might be thinking at this juncture... That sounds fun and interesting, but what does that have to do with Internet Marketing? That is a great question that I am going to answer for you in this article... |
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Hiring Well When Starting a Business Can Be Critical to Success Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2010-01-21 | - Word Count: 912 | Viewed: 606 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Finding the right employees for your startup is critical. They will not only be representing your business, but they will also be representing YOU. Do your homework before you start hiring, and then hire the best people you can find. |
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Crowdsourcing: 9 Hidden Pitfalls of This New Method of Generating Your New Business Name Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-01-21 | - Word Count: 1053 | Viewed: 1972 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Want to get a spiffy new company name or product name fast, at low cost? A lot of Internet-savvy people are looking into a method of finding new names called "crowdsourcing." Although it produces possible names fast, at low cost, crowdsourcing carries with it nine significant disadvantages. |
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Getting a Web Presence - Six Reasons to Go Cyber Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-01-21 | - Word Count: 858 | Viewed: 782 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.50 Saying that the Web is complicated is like saying that football is aggressive. Web trends come and go, with success stories and disasters wrestling for attention in the public eye. It's no surprise that some people are hesitant to expand their business into the online marketplace. However, here are six good reasons that every business can and should establish a Web presence. |
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How to Persuade Without Really Trying Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-01-19 | - Word Count: 1170 | Viewed: 781 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Recently, the owner of a consulting practice contacted me. In the email, she said that she needed an easier, more predictable way to find ideal prospects. She had already tried a lot of different things but nothing worked. So we set up a meeting so I could learn more about her situation and whether I could help. In this article, I will share with you what "I" learned... |
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Starting a Business? Should You Choose a Full-Time or Part-Time Startup Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2010-01-19 | - Word Count: 1150 | Viewed: 552 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Starting your own business is a huge endeavor that takes quite a bit of time and energy. Many potential entrepreneurs have a hard time deciding whether starting a business part-time or full-time makes the most sense for them. Whatever you choose to do, be sure to develop and use a time-management system that works for you and ensure that the time you spend working on your idea is productive. If you are serious about asserting your independence, you will find the time to make your idea into reality! |
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Strategic Planning Starts With Your Vision for Your Company Written by: Martin Harshberger | Distributed: 2010-01-19 | - Word Count: 834 | Viewed: 622 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 What role does vision play in the development of your business plan? If you listen to Jack Welch it's a big role. Step #1 in the planning process: Clarify and document your vision... |
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Company or Product Naming: 7 Ways to Add Pizzazz to a Boring Business Name Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-01-19 | - Word Count: 407 | Viewed: 904 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 You're starting a new company, launching a new product or trying to inject pizzazz into an existing company or product that seems way too boring and ordinary. Try these 7 techniques to shape the basic facts about your business into a name with energy and zing. |
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Ten Tips for Quality Video SEO Results Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-01-19 | - Word Count: 869 | Viewed: 690 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.00 Since people seem to want video content, the big search engines are incorporating video links into their organic results - and as with any content, there are ways to optimize your search engine performance. |
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A Recent Issue Of Playboy Revealed... Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-01-19 | - Word Count: 1658 | Viewed: 4217 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 If you have ever spent money trying to use article marketing, and you failed to generate any measurable success with your articles, then this article will show you why you most likely failed to see your articles generate a solid return-on-investment for your online business... |
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Top 5 Benefits of Using WordPress For Your Website Written by: Barry Prouty | Distributed: 2010-01-18 | - Word Count: 745 | Viewed: 936 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 1.67 If you have never built a website before, one of the quickest and easiest ways to get your first domain live and operational in only minutes is to install WordPress on your website. WordPress is a blogging platform that allows you to have a pre-built website for free that will allow you to focus on the more important items like content, and if you desire it, sales and profits. |
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Beware of the Online Marketing Minefield Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2010-01-15 | - Word Count: 1067 | Viewed: 877 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.33 Many people have used the Internet to become multi-millionaires. Others have used the Internet to discover financial disaster. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to online success. Anyone who wants to start an online business can succeed, if only they know what to do and what to avoid. |
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The Top 5 WordPress Plugins For Business Blogs Written by: Barry Prouty | Distributed: 2010-01-15 | - Word Count: 1126 | Viewed: 2127 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.00 After more than a decade of building websites, I have determined that the WordPress platform is an essential part of my online business, because it is so quick and easy to install on a new domain. In this article, I am going to review the Top 5 Benefits of using WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS) and the Top 5 WordPress Plugins that you should consider using on your WordPress blog. |
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Are You Paying Too Much For Traffic? Increase Clicks 40-Fold With This PPC Strategy Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-01-14 | - Word Count: 1567 | Viewed: 1221 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 4.00 In any business, if you can reduce your effective advertising expenses, you will increase your profits. Many business owners will opt to push the additional savings into more advertising, and if you are utilizing the information described in this article, you could feasibly increase your paid traffic by 40-times, with the exact same advertising budget. But before I can show you how to reduce your advertising expenses and increase your traffic, it is important for you to learn about proper keyword research... |
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Take Advantage of Federal Contracts for Your Business Startup Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2010-01-14 | - Word Count: 653 | Viewed: 756 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.33 Getting on board with federal, state or local government contracts can be a boon to your venture's bottom line. Spend a little time and effort and open up a new target market -- the government. |
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Can the US Furniture Industry Compete Globally? Written by: Martin Harshberger | Distributed: 2010-01-14 | - Word Count: 699 | Viewed: 864 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 I witnessed the decline of the U.S. Steel Industry first hand. I also participated in the rapid market shifts in the computer and high-tech manufacturing industries. There are many parallels with the furniture industry and those industries. So to answer the question, can the U.S. Furniture Industry compete globally? YES and NO! |
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Use SEO Strategies to Increase Web Traffic Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-01-14 | - Word Count: 793 | Viewed: 797 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Every new technology adopted widely by society brings about a number of new opportunities. Today, the Internet has unified both of these concepts into the information explosion that is the digital age. For making the most of the Internet, the strategy of the day is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). |
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Answering Services Will Help Your Business Grow Written by: Jay Wilson | Distributed: 2010-01-14 | - Word Count: 460 | Viewed: 702 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.00 If you feel like you are missing calls every day from current or potential clients, you need the help of a telephone answering service. Live answering services can ensure that no call is missed and every opportunity for potential new business is handled appropriately. |
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How Numbers Matter in Marketing Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-01-14 | - Word Count: 1388 | Viewed: 684 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 I typically write a lot more about the "human side of marketing," because I think topics like trust, sincerity, and emotions get overlooked in most marketing advice discussions. And no matter how clever your copy and fail safe your system, neglect trust building and you will have to work twice as hard at your marketing for half the results. But that doesn't mean you can ignore the numbers side of marketing. In this article I talk about why numbers are important and how to make them work in your marketing. |
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Five Ways to Make Your Company Slogan Catchy or Your Tag Line Terrific Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-01-14 | - Word Count: 526 | Viewed: 3795 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.09 Your company slogan should say something interesting in a snappy way. It performs marketing magic by making the company stand out from competitors and stick in the minds of customers. In this article, we start with a couple of bland company names and then jazz them up with five tag line techniques... |
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Cash or Accrual Basis of Accounting? Which Should You Select When Starting a Business? Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2010-01-13 | - Word Count: 830 | Viewed: 2621 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 1.75 One startup decision that seems to cause entrepreneurs heartburn is whether to set up their accounting system on a cash basis or on an accrual basis. Although this sounds like secret accounting code, the implications are straightforward, and, for most businesses, the right method is easy to see. |
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Article Writer - Do You Need One? Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-01-13 | - Word Count: 903 | Viewed: 724 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Content is king. Your web presence needs content that your audience will be interested in, period. People go to websites for the content they provide and the people doing the reading want to look through something of quality. You have a website, you have a product, and you have the motivation. Now you need to ask yourself - do you have the writer? |
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Do-It-Yourself Editing - Book Budget Basics: Go Organic Written by: Larry Belle | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 564 | Viewed: 845 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 Editing your own manuscript isn't difficult, but it requires time and energy, and the payoff can be enormous. The following article will help direct you successfully through the editing process... |
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Why Marketing for Services Stinks (and How to Make Sure Yours Doesn't) Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 1386 | Viewed: 766 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 One of the greatest challenges of doing business in a "knowledge economy" is selling what is intangible. If you are a coach, a consultant, an alternative health practitioner, or any other business owner who is selling a service, you know how difficult it is to come up with an effective message that gets across why someone should hire you... |
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Generate Your New Product Name: Brainstorming Tips Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 595 | Viewed: 2317 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.83 Use these nine methods of brainstorming to pile up loads of naming ingredients for your new product. Then combine and tweak them to create possible names. Have fun while doing this, because a playful attitude promotes creativity. |
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A New Paradigm to Address the High Cost of Vendor Qualification Written by: Norm Howe | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 1160 | Viewed: 912 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 1.50 The assumption today is that a BETTER audit means a LONGER audit. There has to be another way. What's needed is a new paradigm for vendor qualification; a tool that can drill deeply into the vendor's operation at low cost; something that can provide a more lasting measure of the vendor's performance than simply an audit... |
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Can Acquisitions Work? Written by: Martin Harshberger | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 858 | Viewed: 763 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 With annual merger and acquisition activity in the United States averaging about 1.5 trillion dollars the question, "Can Acquisitions Work?" may seem to be uninformed and strange question. Yet according to a number of recent academic studies, between 55 percent and 83 percent of mergers and acquisitions fail to add value to the acquirers... This article will review some of the reasons why acquisitions fail... |
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18 Great Ways to Grow Your Business with a Virtual Phone System Written by: Joseph Horton | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 2383 | Viewed: 682 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 If you want to save your time and efforts to make more money in business, you can use a phone system to help you. From this article, you'll learn how to use a virtual phone system to help you grow your business. |
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Freelance Writer - Writing Is Not The Most Important Skill Of A Freelance Writer Written by: Alan Cheng | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 513 | Viewed: 955 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 If you hire a freelance writer for a project, there are certain things you need to look for such as writing skills, testimonials and pricing. But none these are the most important skill which you should look for in a freelance writer. What you should look for is something much deeper than that... |
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Lessons I Learned From Paris Hilton Written by: Jesse Self | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 581 | Viewed: 635 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 Today I'm going to chat about shameless self-promotion. That's right, I said it! Shameless! After all, we are learning from Paris Hilton here. |
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Niche Markets And Niche Market Products And Services Are Like Sleeping Elephants Written by: Nicholas Busbee | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 1640 | Viewed: 659 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Finding the perfect Niche Markets, products and services is not as difficult as it may seem! The fact is a... |
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Email Marketing - Three Keys Before You Hit Send Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-01-12 | - Word Count: 712 | Viewed: 630 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Spam is frequently held as an abominable combination of inconvenience and social evil. How can a company that has a legitimate, creative idea for an email advertisement series avoid getting caught in the spam trap? There are three key steps good copywriters and marketers can take to set themselves apart and boost their message open rates. |
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But My Business Is Different Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-08 | - Word Count: 346 | Viewed: 684 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.50 If I had a dollar for everyone who ever said "But my business is different, this won't work for me" I'd be a very wealthy man. And of course, everyone's situation is different... every prospect is different...and every product or service is different. But there are more similarities between us than you think. |
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What Happened During And After Attending My First Internet Marketing Seminar Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-01-08 | - Word Count: 968 | Viewed: 684 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.00 I was online for SIX YEARS before I attended my first Internet marketing seminar (in December 2002), yet attending that first seminar was the catalyst that started my already successful business growing exponentially... |
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Eliminate This Word From Your Ads Now Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-08 | - Word Count: 244 | Viewed: 736 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.67 I'm about to show you a way to make your copy flow better. And it's probably one of the easiest steps that you could ever take to improve your copy. |
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Sour Grapes at Supermarkets Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-07 | - Word Count: 400 | Viewed: 654 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Yesterday, I was sitting at a cafe in town reading the newspaper when I started reading about the new & controversial "grape tasting" laws in supermarkets. And I think there's an important lesson here, so I thought I'd take a moment to pass my comments on it. |
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Why Closing The Sale Doesn't Work Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-07 | - Word Count: 347 | Viewed: 582 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 4.00 "Closing the sale" is not all it's cracked up to be in many industries. Often thought to be the most important part of the sales call, studies have shown that other parts of the process are more effective in getting the deal done. |
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Be A Bulldog - Reject New Prospects Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-06 | - Word Count: 524 | Viewed: 637 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 This article is going to challenge some people, so if you like things sugar coated or to hear the latest ra-ra-ra positive thinking... prospect, prospect, prospect... or outdated sales advice, you probably should stop reading. Why? Because I am going to show you how to push prospects away. Sounds crazy, doesn't it? |
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How Dumb Can I Bee Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-06 | - Word Count: 512 | Viewed: 521 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Most of the time when you sell something in business, you sell one thing. For instance, if you're an accountant, you might sell tax advice. But do your clients know you can set up a self managed super account for them, help them protect their assets, set up trusts or whatever else it is you do? |
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Why I Don't Trust Gurus Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-05 | - Word Count: 558 | Viewed: 625 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.50 I look back at this stage of my life as a big learning experience... a seeking for something deeper... a time when I trusted others above myself. And it felt awful. |
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URL Shortening Services Are Holding You Hostage - Fight Back! Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2010-01-05 | - Word Count: 957 | Viewed: 787 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00 One of the most useful tools to come along in recent years for online marketers is url shorteners. In-case you are not using the tiny urls, you're probably losing a lot of sales and traffic. The benefits of using shortened urls typically include: |
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Does Google PageRank Count Anymore? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2010-01-05 | - Word Count: 840 | Viewed: 794 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.00 Google has long since down-played the importance of PageRank and has now removed it from Webmaster Tools. So is PageRank still important and should you still bother with it? Find out by reading this article... |
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The Boiling Frog Syndrome Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-05 | - Word Count: 435 | Viewed: 2941 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.00 Have you heard the anecdote of the boiling frog? If a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out right away. However if it is placed in cold water and then slowly heated over a period of time, it will not perceive the danger and will slowly boil to death. And I think this is an important metaphor which we can all learn from in our business lives... |
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10 Tips for Copywriting Success Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2010-01-05 | - Word Count: 830 | Viewed: 781 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 While video and multimedia technologies are rapidly expanding, the Web remains a largely text-oriented system. This means that there is a lot of copy on the web, so a savvy copywriter should be on the lookout for any technique that will improve the material he puts forward. |
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Turn Up Your Failure Rate Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-04 | - Word Count: 328 | Viewed: 673 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.50 Want to know how to succeed faster? Double your failure rate. Sounds crazy, doesn't it? |
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Athletes Use Steroids - Entrepreneurs Use This Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-04 | - Word Count: 452 | Viewed: 685 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 Years ago, I saw a seminar where the presenter was saying the only difference between where you are now and where you want to be is knowledge. Well, I kind of agree with that. And I kinda don't. |
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The Most Important Question To Answer Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-01 | - Word Count: 455 | Viewed: 626 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.50 Did you know Warren Buffet - the second richest man in the world - started out as a pinball repairman? Interesting to see where people started out and where they end up, isn't it? |
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Get Rich Quick? Yeah, Right Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-01 | - Word Count: 300 | Viewed: 579 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 Do you know anyone who has ever managed to get rich quick and without putting the effort in? I have a friend who used to wish for just that... He is still wishing... |
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ABCs of Article Marketing for Newbies Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-12-31 | - Word Count: 928 | Viewed: 774 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 4.00 If you're new to Internet marketing, you probably have a couple of questions. One, how do you get high rankings in Google for your chosen keyword search phrases? Two, how do you do this with as little cost and time as possible? |
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Put Yourself Under The Gun Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-31 | - Word Count: 369 | Viewed: 570 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.00 Nothing in business can happen until you make plans, then put them into action... But more will get done if you set your plans into action with deadlines attached... |
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Think Like a Bamboo Plant Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-31 | - Word Count: 314 | Viewed: 619 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Discipline is a requisite of success... But it helps to view the world as the life cycle of a bamboo plant... |
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Branding In The Digital Age Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-12-31 | - Word Count: 897 | Viewed: 818 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 In many ways, branding is as much an art as it is a science, a technique of knowing how to read the mercurial moods of the purchasing public. In the age of the digital marketplace and an ever-connecting world population, new challenges and ideas present themselves to the savvy business. Anyone with a brand to promote must heed these signs or find themselves left behind. |
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Domain Registration Expiry and Auto-Renewal Grace Period Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-12-31 | - Word Count: 469 | Viewed: 2117 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 4.00 Auto renewal grace period for an expired domain is a dedicated 30-day window space that happens when your registrar simply fails to renew your domain. Now, your domain will enter a phase where you will have an access to a 30-day grace period though which you can retrieve your domain name by contacting the registrar and paying an additional penal fee... |
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How To Stop Competitor 'Copycats' Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-31 | - Word Count: 609 | Viewed: 704 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Competitors will try to duplicate what it is that you do to become successful, but if they don't know how you reach your customers... How will they be able to duplicate your success? |
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How to Plan and Make a Website's Navigation Bar Written by: Jason OConnor | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 841 | Viewed: 873 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 The Web is interactive. As a visitor, you get to determine where you go and what you see. One of the most important features of every website is its navigation, and its navigation that gives the controls to the visitor. |
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How Much You Need to Pay for Domain Redemption Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 527 | Viewed: 2401 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.50 At times, people may simply forget to renew their domain names on time. It is possible that the owner simply neglected the importance of renewing the domain name. Whatever the case, several thousands of domain names go expire and become orphans almost every day. Before your domain becomes expired, you should renew it before the expiry date. |
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A Great Lesson from Yum-Cha Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 360 | Viewed: 598 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.50 A marketing lesson from a Chinese Restaurant... Learn from their mistake... |
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Making Money Online With Expired Domain Names - Some Practical Ways Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 503 | Viewed: 779 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 As an internet entrepreneur, you can make money in several ways. Expired domains are few of the tools that can help you create enough online income. Expired domains are those hidden virtual real estate treasures that can create a very strong income base for you. Making money with your domains expired is very simple. Here are some potential money-spinning methods by making use of expired domains. |
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Everything You Need To Know To Get Your Idea On The Web Written by: Jason OConnor | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 1715 | Viewed: 680 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.50 If you want to get online and are wondering, "How can I get my idea live on the Web in the form of a website?" you have three choices: hire a Web vendor such as a Web designer to make it for you, use an online template-based turnkey service or make it yourself from scratch. This article is specifically for the Web novice that simply needs a place to begin. |
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Is Social Media a Load of Hype? Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 393 | Viewed: 606 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.50 Is social media a load of hype - interesting question, isn't it? After all, it's probably the biggest phenomenon happening on the web right now. It's cheap. It's easy to get onto. And it can give you massive leverage. But there's one downside: IT TAKES TIME. |
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Top Mistakes to Avoid When You Are Choosing Your Domain Name Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 486 | Viewed: 787 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.00 Many first time web site builders commit the mistake of choosing the wrong type of names for their web sites. Here are some of the prominent mistakes that you should avoid while registering your domain name. |
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Avoid IRS Penalties and Interest This Tax Season Written by: Manny Davis | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 437 | Viewed: 834 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 3.00 With the US economy sputtering along, Federal tax revenues falling, the IRS is much more cognizant of those taxpayers who have fallen out of compliance. In fact, if anything the IRS's computerized Automated Collection System (ACS) is stronger and well funded from the Federal Stimulus. Here are a few key things to know about penalties and interest when filing or paying your taxes... |
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Online Fax Service - Starting Up A Home Business Or Office Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 680 | Viewed: 641 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Online fax is becoming extremely popular with those just starting up a home office or business. Here are Seven Reasons why you should use an online fax service if you're starting up a home office or a home business. |
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Using The Moment of Truth to Get Prospects Attention Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 940 | Viewed: 728 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.50 The best message in the world will fail if prospects read it out of context. If prospects see your message at a time when they aren't concerned with the problem your product solves, they will ignore it. Your message might as well be invisible. Context is about making sure prospects see your message at the "moment of truth": the time when they are most aware of their problem and looking for solutions. |
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Don't Be A Toxic Twitter Termite Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 1358 | Viewed: 663 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.50 He went on to explain that the termites would actually kill each other by being too social. Termites groom each other, and so what happens is that a few termites get the poison on them, and they take it into the colony. Then by grooming each other, they spread it throughout the colony, whereby they eventually wipe out the entire colony. This is a case where being social is deadly. I spend time in another world where being social can be deadly, and where you have to watch out for creatures carrying poison. That world is the world of online social networking. |
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Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-30 | - Word Count: 580 | Viewed: 641 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 This little success story might just help you bring new inspiration and dollars into your business... |
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Postie Dumps Xmas Mail In Skip Bin Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-29 | - Word Count: 329 | Viewed: 682 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.67 I was reading I saw a story about a woman who had been suspended for dumping over 400 letters of Xmas mail in the dump. That's letters that you could have mailed... I could have mailed... anyone could have mailed... binned. |
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The UGLY Advertisement Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-29 | - Word Count: 409 | Viewed: 591 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.33 Are you looking for something pretty or something that gets the job done? Advertising is the same way, but only if you are thinking of it in a way that produces results. |
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Understanding and Mastering Keyword Rich Domain Names and PPC Marketing Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-12-29 | - Word Count: 533 | Viewed: 698 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 Keyword enriched domain names offer you several benefits and advantages. Just by looking at your domain name, someone can tell you about the main theme of your web site. In fact, keywords can help you create a brand name for your business. Furthermore, the keyword enriched domain names can help you advertise and promote your web portal by using the most modern method of search engine optimization (SEO). |
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So What On Earth Is Marketing? Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-24 | - Word Count: 389 | Viewed: 655 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00 Now when most people think about marketing, they just think of advertising and promotion. But in reality it goes deeper than that. |
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New German Travel Portal Now Online Written by: Janneke Nijenhuis | Distributed: 2009-12-23 | - Word Count: 322 | Viewed: 760 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 New German travel portal now online. Free and easy access to the German travel market for all travel providers. |
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Was the Danny Green Fight Rigged? Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-23 | - Word Count: 486 | Viewed: 914 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 It was an awesome example of having the guts to "go in for the kill" once the momentum was moving in your favour. Will you do this the next time you strike a winner in your business? |
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Why Most Business Owners Aren't Productive Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-22 | - Word Count: 507 | Viewed: 522 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Recently, I lost my assistant for a few months over the festive season due to personal and health reasons. And that means I have been handed several hours of administration tasks a week I wouldn't normally have to do. That's painful because there are so many other areas of my business that I want to focus on. |
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Which Road Will You Take Over Christmas? Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-21 | - Word Count: 380 | Viewed: 586 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 The relationship between Christmas eating habits and our work habits are observed in this article. |
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The Passing Of A Legend Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-18 | - Word Count: 641 | Viewed: 613 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 What most people don't realise is that Anthony Robbins mentor was a guy named Jim Rohn. And you might have heard that Jim Rohn passed away yesterday. That made it a sad day. |
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Branding - For Better or Worse Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-12-17 | - Word Count: 1091 | Viewed: 680 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Many times, no one can predict what will make a brand into a particular success or failure overnight. However, every company can take three common sense steps to protect their brand and the products it represents. |
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Are Bottlenecks Holding You Back? Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-17 | - Word Count: 424 | Viewed: 1377 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Over the last couple of months I've been reading a book called "The Goal" after having it referred to me by my friend and colleague, Aaron Parsons. Now "The Goal" is actually a book about the manufacturing industry which is written like a novel. But it has had a huge impact on my thinking around business. |
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Forgotten By The Travel Industry - Over 100 Million German Speaking Travelers Written by: Janneke Nijenhuis | Distributed: 2009-12-16 | - Word Count: 459 | Viewed: 886 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.33 A huge travel market often forgotten by the travel industry. Websites have not been translated into the German language and online distribution on the German markets is neglected. |
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Turning Useless Facts Into Moolah Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-16 | - Word Count: 561 | Viewed: 734 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 1.33 I was sitting here doing a meditation this morning, wondering what I would write about today, when I saw a little book on my desk. I picked it up last year. It was a publication from Zoo Magazine entitled PUB AMMO: 1001 guaranteed useless facts. However, I am not so sure they are useless. |
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Directory Assistance - How Can I Help Your Blog? Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-12-15 | - Word Count: 803 | Viewed: 607 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 Blogging can be a deeply satisfying, intensely personal experience. Generally simple to use, blogs allow the household mom, the serial author, the political activist and the high school poet to publish and archive their best efforts and satisfy the creative muse in all of them. Whereas, in the past, publishing was a privilege for the elite few, it is now open to anyone with the time and the means to access a computer. |
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Hurt and Rescue Your Customers Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-15 | - Word Count: 477 | Viewed: 798 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 There's a saying in the direct marketing world called "hurt and rescue" which sounds kind of harsh. But I wanted to take a minute and walk you through the process of how it works now. |
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She's After Your Money Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-14 | - Word Count: 460 | Viewed: 837 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 Who would you rather be? The guy who had just managed to inherit a tidy sum from a bank before he left and had $700,000 in the bank... but had no money and limited skill? Or the guy who had invested the last five years of his life to gain the knowledge to practice as a specialist in this country with highly sought after skills. Many people would probably say the first guy. |
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Countdown To Google Page One and Search Engine Optimization Company Nightmares Written by: Trey Pennewell | Distributed: 2009-12-14 | - Word Count: 990 | Viewed: 1075 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.67 In August, Google announced the upcoming roll out of the Google Caffeine infrastructure. Google was quick to point out that they would not launch the new infrastructure until after the Christmas holiday shopping season -- giving many online retail stores confidence for the upcoming Christmas shopping season. But everyone is asking, "How will Caffeine affect MY rankings in Google?" |
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The Problem With Swiping Sales Copy Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-03 | - Word Count: 480 | Viewed: 1062 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 4.40 This is what people miss when they try to simply "swipe" sales copy from another advertisement. |
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Starting Your Business Smaller Can Make Your Success Bigger Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2009-12-03 | - Word Count: 782 | Viewed: 623 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Does your business idea seem too big to take on? Will it require more startup capital than you can obtain? Don't give up on owning your own company -- there are ways to modify almost any business idea into something that can be started part-time and with less capital than the original plan. The most successful entrepreneurs tend to be very flexible and creative in getting where they want to go. Whatever you decide to do, get started on your planning as soon as possible! |
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The Las Vegas Wedding Trap Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-02 | - Word Count: 503 | Viewed: 575 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Building business relationships is very much like dating and marriage. The following tips will help you to develop more sales by building stronger and healthier relationships. |
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Do You Really Want Your Site on Page One of Google? Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-12-01 | - Word Count: 872 | Viewed: 797 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.50 For many online marketers using SEO, first page results in Google are the only goal. Are other factors important, maybe even more important? Can you succeed online without first page Google results? |
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This Causes Failure for Numerous Businesses Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-12-01 | - Word Count: 404 | Viewed: 649 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 3.00 And as I was reading Lance Armstrong's book, I noticed the sort of measurements athletes took of themselves in terms of their timing and understanding their numbers in very specific detail. Measurement is extremely important in sport because one hundredth of a second can make a huge difference. Measurement is also important in business... |
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Every Business Startup is a Series of Unexpected Events - Will You Be Ready? Written by: K. MacKillop | Distributed: 2009-12-01 | - Word Count: 847 | Viewed: 575 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 No matter how seasoned an entrepreneur, every business startup has its share of surprises. Certain personality traits are advantageous in dealing with rapid changes, and developing these traits will help ensure the success of your business when faced with change. |
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Track And Measure Your Advertising, Customer Acquisition Costs, And The Lifetime Value Of A Customer Written by: Hunter Waterhouse | Distributed: 2009-11-19 | - Word Count: 1679 | Viewed: 1758 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.33 As business owners and managers, we need to look at a variety of numbers to gain a better understanding of our businesses. In this article, we are going to consider two very important metrics in business marketing - Cost Of Customer Acquisition and Advertising ROI (Return On Investment). |
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Article Marketing Advice: Increasing the Readability of Your Articles Written by: Hunter Waterhouse | Distributed: 2009-11-17 | - Word Count: 1054 | Viewed: 1288 | Votes: 17 | Rating: 3.35 When it comes to writing articles to promote your online business, it's important to consider more than just your marketing goals: it's essential that you also focus on writing articles that people will want to read. In other words, you don't just want to use words; and you don't want to market and sell your business directly. Instead, you want to make an effort to be engaging and influential. |
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Developing Original Articles: The Human Touch vs. Computer Software Written by: Hunter Waterhouse | Distributed: 2009-11-12 | - Word Count: 735 | Viewed: 1664 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.30 With the increasing demand of high quality content on the web, finding original articles and carefully stylized content is a priority for companies to retain credibility. With today's fierce search engine ranking competition, a steady supply of original articles has become a necessity. Websites need to be designed to increase traffic, and sites updated regularly with fresh information are more likely to receive higher search engine placement than those updated less frequently. As a result, companies need to find sources of new and original content as often as possible. |
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Santa Claus is Dead -- But Internet Marketing Get Rich Scams Aren't Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-11-10 | - Word Count: 828 | Viewed: 848 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00 Guard your wallet when Internet marketing scammers tell you how easy online wealth is. All you need is to download their secrets for $100s to $1,000s. Internet marketing isn't really that hard when performed effectively, but it also isn't as easy as the scammers try to convince you. |
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Balancing SEO Against The Needs of Your Article's Audience Written by: Hunter Waterhouse | Distributed: 2009-11-09 | - Word Count: 1297 | Viewed: 1626 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 3.44 Article marketing continues to be a proven method for generating traffic to our websites and developing good search placement, even after all of these years. I have been reading articles online since 1995, and I continue to read a few dozen articles per week on subjects that are dear to my heart. |
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What Kind Of Backlinks Are Best At Helping Your Website In Google? Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-11-09 | - Word Count: 439 | Viewed: 1820 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 4.80 I was in the Warrior Forum, and someone asked what kinds of Backlinks are worth pursuing. This is my answer to that query. |
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How Online Marketing Consultants Can Supercharge Your Sales Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-11-06 | - Word Count: 891 | Viewed: 900 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.00 Starting an online business, we all need to spend our money carefully, often doing the work ourselves. But getting the help and advice of Online Marketing Consultants could actually save us money, by avoiding costly mistakes and becoming profitable much faster. We understand the reasons people should buy what we are selling. But can we successfully explain that to our website visitors in convincing language they relate to, instead of jargon and lingo related to our industry? |
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Zig When They Zag - And Stand Out Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-11-06 | - Word Count: 365 | Viewed: 670 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.00 Just because the world is doing something one way, does not make that way the best way. Especially when you consider that if everyone is doing it one way, no one is doing it in the other way, and perhaps that your cue to succeed beyond the ability of others. |
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Social Media and SEO Myths Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-11-05 | - Word Count: 329 | Viewed: 666 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.00 It was a book written by a web 2.0 search engine fan and he was saying there was going to be a death of advertising and everything would be done via search engines, social media, etc. going forward. He was partly right, but mostly wrong. |
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Build Trust With A Favour Bank Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-11-04 | - Word Count: 388 | Viewed: 1256 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.00 I remember reading a book by Paulo Coelho a few years ago when I came across the concept of the favour bank. Basically, what a favour bank is based around is the fact when you do someone a favour they will want to return the favour at some stage in the future. |
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Don't Destroy Your Online Marketing Results with Bad Website Design Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-11-03 | - Word Count: 1111 | Viewed: 821 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 4.00 Many online marketing consulting firms look at SEO and search engine advertising in a vacuum. They don't consider the big picture. The idea behind all search engine marketing is increased revenue. That requires conversions, not just more traffic. And certain website design problems can kill your conversions! |
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How To Find Work At Home Jobs For Work At Home Moms Written by: Glen OReilly | Distributed: 2009-11-03 | - Word Count: 1512 | Viewed: 1952 | Votes: 21 | Rating: 2.76 As the economy continues to tighten for many American families, more moms are looking to the Internet to find the extra money needed to help their families survive during this economically challenging time. The good news is that there are plenty of opportunities for the mom seeking to earn money from home... When you know where to find them... This article will show you where to find those work-at-home jobs and telecommuting jobs you desire... |
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What's Most Important Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-11-03 | - Word Count: 423 | Viewed: 596 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 A guy I know was telling me about how you can give EXACTLY the same stock trading system to one person and they'll go and turn it into a fortune, achieve their dream lifestyle and all that sort of good stuff. Another will do nothing with it and claim it doesn't work. It doesn't make any sense, does it? |
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The Missing Element Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-11-02 | - Word Count: 347 | Viewed: 562 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 I was having dinner with my extended family last night and they were talking about why some businesses in their franchise are more successful than others. And you know what it all really boils down to: the successful businesses know how to sell. But there's actually three elements to a successful business. |
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Sell Yourself Like A Papaya Tree Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-10-30 | - Word Count: 369 | Viewed: 703 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 Why on earth would I take a photo of a papaya fruit? It's really quite simple. The papaya fruit got me thinking about a few things about how we market ourselves online. |
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3 Key Points in Online Marketing to Avoid Tanking Your Results Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-10-29 | - Word Count: 967 | Viewed: 982 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.00 Internet marketers performing website optimization through an online marketing consultant or d-i-y often miss these KEY points. Affordable search engine optimization is about increasing your free traffic. But missing these optimization areas defeats the purpose of SEO in the first place. |
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How To Get Paid For Social Networking Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-10-29 | - Word Count: 685 | Viewed: 899 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 2.40 People who run online businesses from home-based offices, as I do, sometimes want to just reach out to others who understand their world. So they drop by social networking sites "just to visit." |
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Curing Versus Healing Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-10-29 | - Word Count: 324 | Viewed: 634 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 I picked up an article about healing and curing. The problem with most businesses that I see is that they only do something when they need a cure (just like me with the chiropractor). |
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Social Media Marketing - Don’t Make These 3 Mistakes Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-10-29 | - Word Count: 974 | Viewed: 677 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 5.00 The Cluetrain Manifesto asserts that "Markets are Conversations." The Manifesto is a document published in 1999 and 10 years later is still considered to be an outstanding treatise on the Internet phenomenon - in regards to the impact and opportunities of Internet and web technology on the modern businessman. Nowhere has this assertion been borne out more than in the complex, fascinating world of Social Media Marketing (SMM). |
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How To Generate Free Website Traffic FAST Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-10-29 | - Word Count: 1058 | Viewed: 810 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.00 Here are the down and dirty steps that I take to build considerable traffic to my websites, quickly and easily, and in most cases, for free. |
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How to Be in Charge (without Being a Jerk) Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-10-29 | - Word Count: 1068 | Viewed: 661 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 Earlier this year, I was working at a sales training seminar and we were on the topic of handling customer objections. A participant who owns a massage therapy practice was asking how to best address a prospective client who didn't want to follow his recommended course of treatment. |
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How Many Links Does It Take To Get To The Middle Of Google Page One? Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-10-29 | - Word Count: 1030 | Viewed: 1103 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 3.50 Everyday it seems, people are asking me the optimum numbers of inbound links they need to acquire for their website in order to rank well in Google. My answer is going to seem a little flip, but it is the honest, best answer. |
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Teach To Learn Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-10-28 | - Word Count: 481 | Viewed: 581 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.50 There is one idea I learnt that I believe applies to virtually every business. The best way to learn something is to teach something. Unfortunately, most people don't start teaching anything until they believe they are an expert. As a result, they hinder their progress. |
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How Is Your Reputation Holding Up In Google's Search Results? Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-10-28 | - Word Count: 1804 | Viewed: 1058 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 3.71 How do you measure the sales that your business is losing, because some guy complained on some website about how your product or service is "crap". This article details a specific event, where the store lost a lot of business, because of a disgruntled consumer who was blaming the store for his own mistake. This complaint found its way into Google's search results for a time. |
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Government Grant Writing: Doing It Yourself Written by: Brendon Turner | Distributed: 2009-10-27 | - Word Count: 419 | Viewed: 942 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.67 Chances are, if you're looking for a grant to start up your small business or not-for-profit organization, you don't have the money to hire grant writers. A few will work with the promise of payment once the grant money comes in, but these are few and far between. The alternative? Do the government grant writing yourself. |
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The Puppy Dog Close Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-10-27 | - Word Count: 336 | Viewed: 541 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 5.00 The look of joy on a little boy's face taught a very important lesson about selling to your audience. This article will teach you the usefulness and the technique of the Puppy Dog Close. |
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Web Analytics and Your Website - What You Need to Know Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-10-27 | - Word Count: 862 | Viewed: 658 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 When it comes to the web, information is king. Information isn't just of use to the casual browser or dedicated auction enthusiast, however. Equally and increasingly interested are the very people posting content to the many pages on the web. Necessity being the mother of invention, this increasing craving for varied and precise forms of information has led to the steady growth of a field called Web Analytics. |
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Top Ten Ways to Use Twitter for Marketing Written by: Jason OConnor | Distributed: 2009-10-27 | - Word Count: 1052 | Viewed: 684 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.50 Like anything, and this is especially true of working with social media, the more you give, the more you get. In other words, the more often you tweet the more activity you'll generate. Some suggest that you tweet a few times a day, every day. Not every tweet needs to be profound. But they should all be useful. |
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Sincerity: the 'Secret Sauce' for Effective Marketing Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-10-27 | - Word Count: 1026 | Viewed: 657 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 A couple years ago, I was talking with someone who was, for me, a very challenging client. I'm all about cultivating relationships that result in opportunities to sell. This particular client seemed allergic to cultivating relationships for reasons I never really understood. My client was blocking me at every turn with reasons why relationship development would not work for their business. It was maddening. |
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My Super-Effective Article Writing Formula Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-10-27 | - Word Count: 827 | Viewed: 790 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 Here's the formula that I use to quickly write informative articles that get results. For many of the articles that I write my goal is to get visitors to a website where they take some action related to the topic of the article. Often the action that they take is to buy some product that I recommend. |
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List Building - 5 Steps To Generate Viral Traffic To Your Website Written by: Alan Cheng | Distributed: 2009-10-27 | - Word Count: 680 | Viewed: 909 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.67 These 5 steps will ensure unstoppable viral traffic to your website. It needs planning and setting up the system for it to work and creation of the reports, but you are sure to get an avalanche of traffic. |
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10,000 Reasons Why You Should Do Your Homework Before Investing In An Online Business Opportunity Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-10-26 | - Word Count: 1123 | Viewed: 2461 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 1.43 Too often, I only hear from people on the phone after they have lost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to launch their new online business ventures. They call me when they have just a few dollars left. I sometimes wish people would have found me first, so that I could have helped them find real success, instead of heartache. |
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The Ultimate Security Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-10-26 | - Word Count: 320 | Viewed: 603 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 I remember times in my life where I have lived on the edge, unsure of how I would pay my bills. But that does not happen anymore... And it does not have to happen for you anymore either... |
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How To Choose A URL By Conducting A Domain Name Ownership Search Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-10-23 | - Word Count: 693 | Viewed: 835 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 A successful web site or blog is always made meaningful by its domain name. The web address that you choose must suit the theme and tenor of the web site or blog. Make sure that your domain name matches the subject of the web site or blog. Almost all well-known web portals have a domain name that is short, easy to remember and type into the address window of the browser. You should understand the system by which a domain works and performs. |
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How A Blog Can Seriously Help Your Business Written by: Jason OConnor | Distributed: 2009-10-22 | - Word Count: 1213 | Viewed: 757 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 If your business website doesn't have a blog, get one. A blog, if done right, can act as a direct and indirect mechanism that brings large amounts of qualified visitors to your site, many of whom may become customers. |
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How to Use a Good Domain Name Suggestion Tool Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-10-22 | - Word Count: 514 | Viewed: 920 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 Domain name is an important part of your online business. Without a good and meaningful domain name, you can never expect to make your business a success. You can choose a good domain name by using a number of online domain-name suggestion tools. Here are some simple tips to choosing a domain name by using one of the domain-name suggestion utilities. |
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SEO Vs Pay Per Click Advertising Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-10-22 | - Word Count: 872 | Viewed: 651 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 When engines return a search, they generally include two sections in the result. The first is the target of the search itself, which is the Organic SEO result, the second is a series of advertisements off to the side of or above the organic result, known as Pay Per Click advertisements. |
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Buying a Top Level Domain Name - Some Ideas and Suggestions Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-10-21 | - Word Count: 498 | Viewed: 858 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.00 Of late, it is getting increasingly harder to choose and buy a top-level domain name. It is also very difficult to find a top-level domain name that relates directly to the theme and subject of your web site. People who are looking forward to buy a top-level domain name work hard to find a suitable name often with tremendous difficulty. |
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Business Is The Best Therapy Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2009-10-21 | - Word Count: 321 | Viewed: 669 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00 The reality is personal development has become huge over the last few years. And I believe it's a good thing. At the same time, there's no better therapy than going into your own business. |
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List Building - 9 Steps to Creating a High Converting Squeeze Page Written by: Alan Cheng | Distributed: 2009-10-20 | - Word Count: 687 | Viewed: 1026 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 2.25 With a high converting squeeze page, an online business will make more use of the traffic they drive to their website. With more email leads an online business can promote to, there are more chances of buyers for your products and services. |
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Domain Name Ideas for Your Business Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-10-20 | - Word Count: 535 | Viewed: 679 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 To achieve success with your web site, you will need to choose the right type of domain name that is relevant to the theme of your web portal. Hence, choosing the correct name is very important. Almost all well-known web sites have names built around very sensitive and important keywords. |
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Free Fax Trials - Are They Worth Trying? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-10-20 | - Word Count: 618 | Viewed: 617 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 Internet or online fax is all the rage, but is taking a free fax trial a good idea? Find out by reading this informative article on Internet fax services. |
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How to Turn Casual Customers into Raving Fans Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-10-20 | - Word Count: 1441 | Viewed: 868 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 To create more raving fans it's important to understand what makes your products and services uniquely satisfying to current customers. |
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The Difference Between SubDomains And Add-On Domain Names Basics Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-10-16 | - Word Count: 497 | Viewed: 1178 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 4.00 Let us assume that you have a very good domain name with you. Did you ever know that you could add and compliment another domain in addition to your existing domain name? These domain names are known by the names like sub domains or add-on domains. However, they are almost like slaves to the main domains and they at under the command of the main domain name. |
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Video Conferencing -- Will It Work for My Company? Written by: Nermine Shaker | Distributed: 2009-10-16 | - Word Count: 843 | Viewed: 794 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 3.00 One of the wonders of modern technology is the ability to use audio and video services to facilitate discussions between people in different locations. This ability, known as video conferencing, can be a major convenience in a world where communication across the globe is necessary. |
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New Venue For Advertisement - Taxi Receipts Written by: James LaGrange | Distributed: 2009-10-15 | - Word Count: 492 | Viewed: 849 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 When businesses begin evaluating marketing strategies, many start with basic print or television advertisements. The importance of choosing the proper medium can be the difference between a successful, effective campaign and a campaign, which flops. In this article, we address a new and innovative method of advertising your business. |
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How Can Blogging Help My Company Grow? Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-10-15 | - Word Count: 854 | Viewed: 797 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 It is an indisputable fact that the world's economy is moving more toward the online model of exchange. Amazon and Google stand as icons of companies that began as small projects, only to grow into massive successes, largely due to the successful marketing of their services. The question then arises, how can a small business take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Web in order to make a profit? |
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Creating an Info Product That (Practically) Sells Itself Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-10-15 | - Word Count: 1148 | Viewed: 733 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 It's a common issue: you love your work and the clients you work with love your work too. But you wonder whether what you do will translate well if you're not doing it in person. |
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Are You Fighting The Secret Formula? Written by: Kim Duke | Distributed: 2009-10-14 | - Word Count: 420 | Viewed: 722 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00 One of the lessons my dad taught me about flying is that an airplane uses almost 60% of its fuel for take-off. Just those few minutes of going down the run-way and lifting up into the air uses the most energy. But once the plane is air-borne it is able to use minimal fuel to successfully stay in the air. |
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Strengthen Your Advertising with SEO Copywriting Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-10-14 | - Word Count: 827 | Viewed: 786 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 Advertising should be part of any growing business. Copywriting is the creation of text used in advertising, regardless of medium. This covers every aspect of an advertisement: promotional flyers, jingles, slogans, billboards, and web pages. All of these strive to put your product or service in the best light possible and are aimed directly at the consumer; except for web pages. With web pages there is another audience your advertisement must also target: the search engine. |
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The Heart-Centered Product That Created a Billion Dollar Industry Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-09-30 | - Word Count: 1490 | Viewed: 662 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 Mastering the Art of French Cooking and the following it inspired made it possible for the hundreds of Italian, Mexican, and Asian foods now common in American grocery stores. It opened up possibilities for the extraordinary range of cuisines we can find in restaurants, not to mention the billion dollar business in cookbooks, cooking shows, and other media. |
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What Are Meta Tags and Why Do I Need Them? Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-09-30 | - Word Count: 803 | Viewed: 688 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.50 The most important and often least understood tool for online marketers is the search engine. This article will explain how you can and cannot use meta tags to increase the visibility of your website with meta tags. |
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Beware Of Magic Beans - A Warning To Newbie Internet Marketers Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-09-21 | - Word Count: 546 | Viewed: 1854 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 3.42 John read a story about a fantastic piece of software that he could use to build his online business. But this often used Internet marketing tool brought John something that John did not intend. His software made him famous... For all of the wrong reasons... |
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A Comparison of Paid Search Advertising Models Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-09-14 | - Word Count: 1463 | Viewed: 1817 | Votes: 13 | Rating: 2.54 The most common advertising offer at the search engines is the PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertising model. There are also other search advertising models such as CPM (Cost Per Thousand Impressions) and Featured Listings. In this article, we will look at the advantages and disadvantages of each advertising method. |
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The Importance Of Creating Resistance In Your Copy Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-09-10 | - Word Count: 2009 | Viewed: 1117 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 3.80 "Creating Resistance in Your Copy" is an idea that is alien to most online marketers. After all, online marketers want to believe that everyone should buy their products and services, because the more people buying what is being sold, the more money the marketer will inevitably earn. |
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Why You Must Find Out About Product Launches Early! Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-09-09 | - Word Count: 574 | Viewed: 745 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 2.50 If you are an affiliate marketer, one secret to making more sales is finding out about product launches early. This is true even if you are new to affiliate marketing and have a very tiny list. |
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Article Marketing - Writing for the Internet Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-09-04 | - Word Count: 857 | Viewed: 869 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 0.00 Article marketing incorporates writing carefully and concisely for a target audience on the Internet. While all writing begins with good grammar, accurate spelling and compelling content, there are several differences between print writing and online writing in both structure and purpose. This article explains those differences. |
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Create Information Products - Detailed Blueprint To Making A Fortune Selling Information Products Written by: Alan Cheng | Distributed: 2009-09-03 | - Word Count: 785 | Viewed: 1309 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 3.58 Creating information products to solve people's problems is one of the most profitable and easiest online business to be in. It's much cheaper than setting up a traditional brick and mortar business, there's no inventory to keep and you make 100% of what you sell. Here's a business plan of how to get into this online business. |
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4 Keys to a Free Product That Grows Your Mailing List Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-09-03 | - Word Count: 1088 | Viewed: 676 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 I cannot over-emphasize the importance of creating trust-based relationships in business. This is what periodic emails to your list allow you to do. If your business is relatively new to online marketing, building a subscription list can feel pretty daunting. I've had many conversations with small business owners who are love the idea of email marketing and inevitably the question, "How do you get all these subscribers anyway?" And that is the question I'm going to answer in this article. |
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Tweak Your Landing Page Design, Supercharge Your Sales Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-09-03 | - Word Count: 878 | Viewed: 1294 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 1.86 When embarking on SEO Internet marketing and PPC advertising, often the missing component is Landing Page Optimization (LPO). I've seen sales literally DOUBLE when using LPO, by removing anxiety and friction, so sales and opt-in sign ups increase. |
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Article Marketing -- Building Links to Your Business Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-09-03 | - Word Count: 855 | Viewed: 931 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.17 Online marketing has been a vast and rapidly growing outlet over the past decade. Obviously, there are many approaches to online marketing, but very few that come close to the effectiveness of article marketing. Article Marketing has provided a large portion of the visitors for some of the web's most successful businesses and it has proven to be one of the most cost effective marketing techniques today. |
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Answering the Question: What Makes You So Great? Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-09-03 | - Word Count: 946 | Viewed: 937 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.71 The other day I was discussing marketing options with a client and she said something which took me completely by surprise. "Well, I guess I could be shameless and promote myself more when I'm doing a presentation but it's not like I have anything special or interesting to say..." I was surprised because this woman has singlehandedly built a very successful consulting practice and works with an impressive roster of Fortune 100 companies. |
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The Secret to Starting a Successful Online Business Written by: Ruth Barringham | Distributed: 2009-09-01 | - Word Count: 1231 | Viewed: 690 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 3.75 It goes without saying that everyone who starts up an online business wants to be successful. Having an online business means you can "retire" and work online. With your own successful online business you quit your day job. No more commuting. No more boss. No more 9-to-5 drudgery. But how do you set up an online business if you don't know where to start? |
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Viral Marketing - Using It To Your Advantage Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-09-01 | - Word Count: 852 | Viewed: 1001 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.43 In our technologically expanding world, where the Internet is the most available form of media, Viral Marketing is an extremely effective form of advertising. Before the Web explosion, this form of advertising would have been referred to simply as "word of mouth" or getting your message out by having your customer base spread the word. |
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Critical Steps to Successful Sales Lead Generation in Google Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-09-01 | - Word Count: 1237 | Viewed: 1100 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.78 Many SEO experts write about the subject. But what is needed for Google optimization, whether for online sales or sales lead generation? What different steps does Google require for top rankings? And is it harder or easier to optimization for Google than other search engines? |
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Social Marketing: Not Nearly As Awful As I Feared Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-09-01 | - Word Count: 984 | Viewed: 908 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.50 I have to admit I've been slow to jump on board with the whole social marketing trend. After so many years spent in marketing and frequently hearing about the "next big thing", I've come to the decision that all these technologies are simply communication tools for building trusting relationships with prospective customers. |
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Important Issues to Remember Before Buying an Expired Domain Name Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-31 | - Word Count: 612 | Viewed: 732 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.38 Buying expired domains is a tricky topic! You will need to be very careful while buying an expired domain because many of these domains may have some problems associated with their registration. There have been instances when the previous owner decided to approach the legal authorities to reclaim their expired domains. While you need to be very careful in your dealings, you may also need to consider the following issues before buying domains that are expiring. |
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Selling Your Expired Domains - Unexplained Secrets and Tips (Part II) Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-31 | - Word Count: 582 | Viewed: 631 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 1.44 Selling your expired domains on auction sites is quite easy provided you learn and master the fundamental aspects of auction process. Quite a few number of auction sites allow you to sell your expired domains for a low set up and auction fee. Good domains can sell like hot cakes on these sites while the profit made by selling such domains could be very worthwhile as well. |
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How Do I Use An Online Fax Service? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-08-28 | - Word Count: 672 | Viewed: 843 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 4.00 Despite becoming a very popular service on the web, many people still don't know how an online fax service actually works. Read to find how Internet fax works and why you need it... |
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Increase Your Sales With Blog Marketing Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-08-27 | - Word Count: 795 | Viewed: 886 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 2.60 A savvy and free way to increase your business sales is through blog marketing. No matter what business you're in, you can increase your business with a focused blog marketing campaign. You may shy away from blog marketing because you feel that you might not be a good writer, or simply don't like to write. This is understandable. But the truth is that many blog marketers nowadays don't even write their own content. They pay someone else to do it. |
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What's Your Excuse For Still Not Having A List? Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-08-27 | - Word Count: 699 | Viewed: 867 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 3.56 One of the excuses we hear most often from struggling online marketers is that they don't make more sales because they don't have a list. We even hear that excuse from marketers who have been online three, or even five years. My question to them is always, "What are you waiting for?" "Why not start a massive list-building effort today?" |
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4 Keys to Choosing the Best Affiliate Programs for Your Business Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-08-27 | - Word Count: 1007 | Viewed: 924 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 A couple weeks ago, one of my clients sent me an email with this question: "I've been checking out a couple programs that say I can make lots of money by including affiliate links on my website. I could really use the extra cash right now. What do you think?" |
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How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur Written by: Nancy Fraser | Distributed: 2009-08-27 | - Word Count: 532 | Viewed: 666 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.50 When someone starts a business they often struggle with how to differentiate their business from the competition. You would be surprised at how many decide that being easier to work with is their differentiation. The kicker is their definition of being easier to work with... it usually involves giving up rights. |
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Top 3 Problems with Directories Written by: Lee Roberts | Distributed: 2009-08-27 | - Word Count: 740 | Viewed: 707 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 3.00 Directories have existed since the early days of the Internet, even before Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web. Originally, search directories and word-of-mouth were the only ways to learn about new websites. Google changed that! Today, search directories are used to build links into websites. But, by default, search directories have three major problems. |
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Use Article Marketing To Add Value To Your Product Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-08-26 | - Word Count: 882 | Viewed: 809 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00 Article Marketing is a form of advertising that can definitely add value to your product or service. By using articles written about your industry, you can establish yourself as an expert in your field and a trusted resource for your product or service. Article marketing can be equally effective in newspapers and magazines, although these traditional media lack some of the obvious advantages of new media. |
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Selling Your Expired Domains - Unexplained Secrets and Tips (Part I) Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-26 | - Word Count: 485 | Viewed: 600 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 1.75 When it comes to expired domain names business, you have a number of options of making money and gain in the process. Several methods and techniques allow you to create a constant stream of ongoing income that can take care of all domain maintenance costs. As a domain name trader, you may wish to know and where to sell your domains. Here are some practical tips and techniques to help you sell your stock of expired domain names: |
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Expired Domain Market - Realities and Perceptions (Part II) Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-25 | - Word Count: 568 | Viewed: 621 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.13 Expired domain market can make you immensely rich when you strike it right. Many newbie traders think that this business is all about buying a domain at very cheap price and later selling it at very high prices. However, the actual reality is something else! |
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A Sizzling Sales Lesson From My Grandma! Written by: Kim Duke | Distributed: 2009-08-20 | - Word Count: 306 | Viewed: 659 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.00 Years ago my mother told me a funny story about my great grandmother. And through that story, there is much to learn about preparing your audience for a new product or service... |
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Launching Your Online Marketing Strategies Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-08-19 | - Word Count: 892 | Viewed: 708 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 2.00 If you have a business, there are lots of different ways to promote it and make sure you get customers. Having a website is of utmost importance, and by using some of the many online marketing methods available, like blog marketing and article marketing, you can be sure to get a lot of visitors coming to your website. Having the right mix of marketing tactics can eventually lead to increased sales and to the success of your business venture. Here are some of the best online marketing strategies you can use: |
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Steps for the Installation of an Electronic Medical Record Written by: Donald Tex Bryant | Distributed: 2009-08-19 | - Word Count: 1258 | Viewed: 991 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.29 Because of the funds available for electronic medical records in the Federal Stimulus Package, many healthcare sites will be installing them. If you follow the steps described in this article, the choosing of a vendor, the installation of the EMR and the initial use of the EMR will go much more smoothly. |
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Are You Missing Out By Not Having A Membership Site Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-08-19 | - Word Count: 588 | Viewed: 823 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.50 Everywhere you turn these days, you read about membership sites. You read how easy they are to set up, and how lucrative they can be. That should naturally lead you to the question, "Should I be operating my own membership site?" Are they really that easy to set up and maintain? |
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Stop Wasting Time and Start Making Money Written by: Merlyn Sanchez | Distributed: 2009-08-19 | - Word Count: 472 | Viewed: 658 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 3.30 As the saying goes, "time is money," so wasting time is wasting money. And who can afford to do that, especially in today's economy? Here are five pitfalls that many business owners and solo professionals fall into that can severely hamper their productivity and cost them profits. Do any of the following sound familiar? |
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Identifying Expired Domain Buyers - Tips and Ideas (Part II) Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-19 | - Word Count: 513 | Viewed: 602 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 0.50 Entrepreneurs and business owners look out for expired domains that can act as their gateways to the world of online business. Once again, people will have different interests, goals, objectives, needs and requirements for their expired domain names. Out of every ten expired domains sold in the market, nearly seven of them belong to this category. |
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Expired Domain Market - Realities and Perceptions (Part I) Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-18 | - Word Count: 514 | Viewed: 590 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 1.75 In expired domain market, domains drop dead everyday in the millions. When you become an expired domain trader, you will be recycling some of these domains back into the system by giving it a life. This business is quite unique because of its innumerable advantages as well as demerits. Here are some salient points about this wonderful business: |
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What Science Says About Selecting the Best Business Name for Your Company Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-08-13 | - Word Count: 729 | Viewed: 757 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.30 If you turn away from the idea of naming as a black art, you can find some secrets of branding in scientific studies that have been published after having been reviewed by academic authorities as reliable. Here are four points on which researchers have given us insights that help guide the creation of effective business names. |
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Link Building with Search Directories Written by: Lee Roberts | Distributed: 2009-08-13 | - Word Count: 509 | Viewed: 654 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 3.25 In 1996, the founders of Google came up with the novel idea that links from other web pages can be used to determine the importance of a web page. The idea represents the level of importance using a logarithmic value between zero and 10. Advantages and disadvantages exist in using search directories for link building purposes. |
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Frequent Mistake #3 While Naming a New Company or New Product Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-08-11 | - Word Count: 432 | Viewed: 703 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.40 Too often, business owners strain for an unusual name, just for the sake of attention. And the very unusualness of the name then becomes a serious liability. Sometimes, a name that is simple and clear is best. Here's why, with two examples. |
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Post-buying Management of Expired Domains - Tips and Suggestions Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-07 | - Word Count: 567 | Viewed: 656 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.00 All newbie domain buyers get confused as to what to do with the just purchased domains. Here are some general tips and suggestions for managing your expired domain names. |
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Identifying Expired Domain Buyers - Tips and Ideas Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-06 | - Word Count: 503 | Viewed: 683 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 1.83 Buying domain names is the latest trend among people. People buy domain names for personal uses, while businesses buy them to carry out different types of business operations. People may buy and register domain names by creating their own URLs. However, many business entrepreneurs also buy expired domains to set up online business ventures. |
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How To Build A Profitable Twitter Profile Written by: Harold Hemmings | Distributed: 2009-08-06 | - Word Count: 1357 | Viewed: 704 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 3.86 Online marketers everywhere are finally starting to tap into the Twitter Marketplace. Marketers are getting involved in Twitter at awesome rates, but all seem to have one unanswered question: How do we actually monetize this marketplace? It is my goal that by the time you have read this article, you will have a clear idea of exactly how to monetize your activities in Twitter. |
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Top 5 SEO Copywriting Mistakes That Will Cost You Money Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-08-06 | - Word Count: 900 | Viewed: 871 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.42 The object of writing for the Internet is to get the reader to use your content to click through to your website. If they don't get to your website, they can't look at your products or services and you will have lost a potential customer. Here are a few mistakes that you'll want to avoid. |
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The #2 Most Common Mistake In Naming a New Company or New Product Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-08-06 | - Word Count: 567 | Viewed: 704 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.60 Too often, business owners and organizational marketers don't take the time to think about possible shortcomings of the name they settle on. Instead, those shortcomings emerge over time, costing them dearly in sales and opportunities. It's far more cost-effective to name your product or service properly in the first go. Use this checklist to identify hidden pitfalls of some names so they don't blindside you. |
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Article Marketing: A Great Strategy To Promote Your Business Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-08-05 | - Word Count: 876 | Viewed: 891 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.42 Promotion is an important part of any business; you need to let potential customers know about you and your product. Article marketing is a strategy that will increase your exposure to the people who will want to buy your product or service. Articles written about your industry will help to establish you, the author, as an expert in your field, and can be published in print media and online. |
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Potential Dangers of Expired Domain Business - Some Precautionary Tips Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-08-04 | - Word Count: 511 | Viewed: 718 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.50 Investing on expired domain names could be very risky and dangerous if you are not careful enough in managing them. The perceived potential of earning huge income is very high with very good domains. On the same vein, the chances of losing your money in the business could also be very high especially when you commit blinders after blunders. |
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Top Mistake #1 When Naming a New Company or New Product Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-08-04 | - Word Count: 780 | Viewed: 1227 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 1.40 The top mistake in choosing a name is deciding on the name you like best. That very obvious-sounding strategy is wrong because of four pitfalls. Learn how evade those pitfalls to arrive at a name you can grow with. |
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4 Amazingly Simple Ways To Double or Triple Your Internet Sales! Written by: Dan Lok | Distributed: 2009-08-04 | - Word Count: 682 | Viewed: 907 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.17 The truth is, most internet marketers don't have a problem getting traffic. They have problems converting browsers into buyers, and more often than not, the problem lies with their web copy. It's brutal, but bad copy is bad copy, long and short. |
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Expired Domains with Traffic - Buying Tips Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-07-31 | - Word Count: 505 | Viewed: 1073 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.09 Buying an expired domain with inbuilt traffic could be a risky proposition. Spending your hard-earned money on an expired domain without any meaningful incoming traffic could also be a big wastage of money. Once you decide that you want to invest your money in buying an expired domain with traffic, you will need to be very careful in selecting a domain that assuredly contains incoming traffic. You may face a number of risks and challenges while selecting and buying a domain expired with supposedly full of incoming links and traffic. |
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Brand Awareness and the Fundamentals of Brandcasting Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-07-31 | - Word Count: 785 | Viewed: 1059 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.56 For a company to become well known in the online world, you might think that they would have to spend a large amount of money. While marketing budgets of leading companies are extensive, many effective online branding strategies can easily be achieved with nothing more than creativity and determination. |
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Expired Domain Gains - Simple Ideas to Create an Income Base Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-07-31 | - Word Count: 549 | Viewed: 3232 | Votes: 14 | Rating: 4.00 You can use a number of simple methods and plans to create a solid income base that earns a monthly ongoing income base. For many expired domain entrepreneurs (both full-time and part time), expired domains offer an opportunity to supplement their current income with money earned out of dealing with expired domains. |
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Ten Questions Every Leader Ought to Be Asking Written by: Lisa Haneberg | Distributed: 2009-07-30 | - Word Count: 529 | Viewed: 841 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 3.00 We are at our best when we catalyze progress - when we create environments that help people, teams and processes do great work together. I invite all leaders - at all levels in the organization - to embrace the opportunity to be great like you never knew you could be or was possible. Here are ten questions you can ask yourself and your team to get catalytic juices flowing: |
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Have You Outgrown the Company Name You Started With? Renaming Tips Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-30 | - Word Count: 575 | Viewed: 858 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.09 The second most common reason my firm gets hired for renaming is that the company has outgrown its original name in some way. If this applies to you, here's how to proceed so you end up with a company name you can live and grow with for many years. |
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Making Money By Using Smart Expired Domain Trading Techniques Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-07-30 | - Word Count: 581 | Viewed: 677 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.00 Expired domain trading is possibly one of the most profitable businesses around and probably the most satisfactory one with least business risks involved. With this wonderful business opportunity, you can create a viable and stable income generating opportunity. |
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Social Media Marketing: How It Can Work for You Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-07-29 | - Word Count: 815 | Viewed: 765 | Votes: 14 | Rating: 1.57 With so many things to consider when starting out online in the business world, SMM or Social Media Marketing can be one of the most important. This is a term that is used to describe how participating in differing online social groups can help a business generate traffic to their site to produce sales. It can also be of great assistance in building important business contacts that can help you become a reputable business on the Internet. |
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Why Is Business VoIP So Popular? Written by: Nermine Shaker | Distributed: 2009-07-29 | - Word Count: 792 | Viewed: 621 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.57 VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol and is quickly becoming a fixture in the corporate world. Ask why and you'll get a barrage of answers, ranging from the money companies save to various packages that can be added on for little additional costs. Those who tout VoIP promise many benefits over the traditional PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network). The most mentioned ones are cost savings, new calling features, and reduced infrastructure of converged networks. Here is a closer look at just a few of the reasons behind the popularity of VoIP. |
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New Search Engines - Can Anyone Beat Google? Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-07-29 | - Word Count: 1441 | Viewed: 843 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 1.91 Seems like everyone is talking about Bing but will we ever have another search engine that can actually give Google a run for its money? Can any new search engine actual compete with this industry giant? |
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For a Better New Product Name or New Company Name, Create a Scorecard Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-29 | - Word Count: 501 | Viewed: 1762 | Votes: 20 | Rating: 2.15 Create a list of criteria for your new business name or product name before you start brainstorming. This enables you to winnow your list to the top names with confidence. |
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How to Recognize a Bad SEO Company Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-07-29 | - Word Count: 863 | Viewed: 1003 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 3.67 Some unethical SEO firms attempt to manipulate search engine results in unfair ways. These practices could get your website ranked lower or even banned. When looking at SEO - either to optimize it on your own or if you are looking to hire a company, here are some things to take into account. This article will document the warnings signs that will enable you to identify a bad SEO company, before you throw your money down the rat hole of doomed SEO... |
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Twitter Marketing Explored Written by: Trey Pennewell | Distributed: 2009-07-29 | - Word Count: 1140 | Viewed: 1011 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.25 What is Twitter, and how can I use it to promote my online business? Great questions both, and we will answer them in this article. |
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Does Your Proposed New Company Name Open the Door to Ridicule? Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-28 | - Word Count: 516 | Viewed: 677 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.00 A lack of attention during the naming process can inadvertently make it easier for comedians, protesters and whiners to poke fun at your company. Before finalizing your new company name, run it by these tests so you can tweak the name or reject it if necessary to avoid predictable problems. |
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A Simple Guide To Online Fax Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-07-28 | - Word Count: 615 | Viewed: 838 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.86 Online or Internet faxing has become extremely popular in recent years. Here's a simple guide to this new way of faxing... |
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Your Good Reputation and How to Market It Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-07-28 | - Word Count: 913 | Viewed: 726 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 1.88 To make your business grow in the right way, many things have to be taken into consideration. Marketing and advertising your products and services are the most important. Without developing and implementing intelligent brand marketing and promotional strategies, it will be impossible to see an increase in you customer base. |
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Several Ways to Earn Money from Your Expired Domains Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-07-28 | - Word Count: 521 | Viewed: 612 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 1.86 Making money by selling expired domains is gaining immense popularity because of its potentialities to make lot of profits. Many expired domain traders treat this business very seriously and they use a number of methods and strategies to sell their domains at very lucrative prices. Also known as virtual estate properties, expired domains and domains expiring are some of the hottest business opportunities in the world. |
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A Good Business Name Must Be Bold: Oh, Really? Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-23 | - Word Count: 398 | Viewed: 979 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.89 T h e n a m i n g " m u s t " y o u ' l l e n c o u n t e r m o s t o f t e n i s t h i s o n e : A G o o d B u s i n e s s N a m e M u s t B e B o l d . I t m u s t m a k e a s t a t e m e n t . I t m u s t s t a n d o u t . I t m u s t c a l l a t t e n t i o n t o i t s e l f . B u t n o , t h a t ' s n o t t r u e - n o t a l w a y s . |
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Need a New Business Name? Try an Extended Metaphor Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-23 | - Word Count: 522 | Viewed: 1759 | Votes: 14 | Rating: 2.00 When images and words work together to develop one concept in several different ways, that's an extended metaphor. Extended metaphors give readers pleasure, make a company more memorable and have unlimited creative potential to help a company's new name stand head and shoulders above the competition. |
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The Mystique of Numbers in Company Names Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-22 | - Word Count: 524 | Viewed: 1541 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.00 Numbers have personalities that you need to be aware of when using them in company or product names. This principle is illustrated with several examples and a few warnings about using numbers in company names. |
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Growing Your Business with Online Marketing Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-07-22 | - Word Count: 917 | Viewed: 805 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 3.17 As a business owner, you know that one of the keys to a successful year is promoting your business. No matter what size your business is, marketing and promotion need to be addressed. Marketing has become a daunting task with the increasing number of online start-up businesses. And now, along with the traditional offline marketing methods, there are many online marketing tools and methods available. |
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How To Reverse Engineer My #1 Google Rankings Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-07-22 | - Word Count: 708 | Viewed: 962 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.00 Google the terms "joint venture expert" or "land for $100" and you'll see that I rank #1 for both terms and have for a VERY long time. Yes, people do search on those terms, regardless of what you might think, and they both generate substantial incomes for me, but they are not my most profitable keywords. They are just keywords that I will use to prove to you that I have a clue about how to get top Google listings. You really shouldn't listen to "experts" who can't back up with they teach with proof. |
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Has Your Company Name Landed You in Legal Hot Water? Renaming Tips Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-21 | - Word Count: 506 | Viewed: 756 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 3.17 The #1 reason business owners hire my company to create a new business name within a week is they've received a cease-and-desist letter from an attorney. Such a letter means business. Never ignore it! Find out what to do about it. |
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Is a Tag Line Absolutely Necessary Along With Your Company Name? Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-21 | - Word Count: 507 | Viewed: 878 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.58 In some instances, a perfect name can get the company's message across on its own, without a tag line. Learn when this works and why. |
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Does Your Company Tag Line Pass These Five Crucial Tests? Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-16 | - Word Count: 504 | Viewed: 1224 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 1.45 After looking at the many disastrous slogans that state tourism boards have happily paid tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for, I suggest replacing the "feel-good" test with five much more grounded criteria. When you're trying to decide on the best tag line to accompany your organization' s name on the web site, brochures, business cards, stationery, ads, mugs and mouse pads, make sure your winner passes these five tests. |
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Changing Your Company Name: The Good, The Bad and The Unnecessary Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-16 | - Word Count: 520 | Viewed: 3013 | Votes: 17 | Rating: 2.29 Wondering whether or not to change your company name? Several reasons for doing this are legitimate. Other reasons should make you stop and reconsider. |
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An Overview of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Written by: Nermine Shaker | Distributed: 2009-07-15 | - Word Count: 788 | Viewed: 1154 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.14 Telecom Expense Management (TEM) is a term used to define an approach to managing all telecommunication service expenses such as voice, data and wireless with a combination of software tools and manual auditing. In managing all these services and related processes, its goal is to minimize costs and maximize process efficiency. |
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Managing Your Company's Wireless Assets Written by: Nermine Shaker | Distributed: 2009-07-15 | - Word Count: 836 | Viewed: 988 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.33 Although the use of wireless phones has become more and more prevalent over the last several years, the business world is just catching on to the many benefits of going wireless beyond telephone service. However, problems arise in keeping track of devices, users, plans and managing costs. Research shows that if you are not continuously managing your wireless spending, you could be overspending by more than 25%. |
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Free and Easy Link Building Tips Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-07-15 | - Word Count: 897 | Viewed: 1302 | Votes: 15 | Rating: 2.27 Okay, you're the proud mama or papa to your brand new website. Now what? This isn't like the movies - just because you built it doesn't mean they'll come. The Internet is a huge limitless space with ever-growing numbers of websites. You are just one small website among millions. How will anybody ever find you? How do you become visible? |
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5 Reasons Why Most Internet Marketers Fail Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-07-15 | - Word Count: 1577 | Viewed: 993 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 2.75 Becoming an online marketer is not as hard, but if you're just starting out, there can be some serious obstacles in your way. Do You Know Them? Let a seasoned online marketer give you some pointers on how to begin and some reasons why many online marketers fail... |
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For Word of Mouth Marketing, Make Sure Your New Company Name is Sayable Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-15 | - Word Count: 510 | Viewed: 1873 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 3.33 Saddling your company with a name that you need to instruct people how to pronounce means putting it at a distinct disadvantage. Spend a little more time and selectivity in naming to give your organization a name that people can easily say when seeing it. |
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Why Most Affiliate Marketers Fail Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-07-15 | - Word Count: 688 | Viewed: 1199 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.63 Many people coming online and deciding to sell affiliate products never sell a single product. The reason is glaringly obvious, and it's not the unfortunate affiliate marketer's fault. |
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Etiquette for Social Media Sites and Blogs Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-07-15 | - Word Count: 811 | Viewed: 1348 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.86 Hopefully you were taught social etiquette while you were growing up. You remember, elbows off the table, shake hands when you meet someone, send thank you notes, say please and thank you. Just as there are proper ways to behave in the world, there are proper ways to behave online. Here are a few ways to make your online experience a pleasure for everyone else. |
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Avoid These Five Tragic Tag Line Misfires Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-14 | - Word Count: 845 | Viewed: 1160 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 1.82 A tag line is the little slogan that follows a business name on a web site, in ads, on company stationery and elsewhere. A prime branding opportunity, it should say something that encourages ideal customers to do business with you. |
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Retirement Is the Perfect Time to Fulfill Your Cherished Dream of Writing Written by: Charles Jacobs | Distributed: 2009-07-14 | - Word Count: 1105 | Viewed: 1017 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.27 Retirees are particularly qualified to fulfill their dreams of writing. They can call on years of life and work experience. Don't succumb to the myth that only a chosen few can see their words in print. You can do it too, but it is essential to think your project through and complete the research necessary to create quality content, whether your choice is fiction or nonfiction. |
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For Snazzier New Product Names, Use Creative Naming Prompts Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-14 | - Word Count: 286 | Viewed: 1279 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 3.08 Try these six brainstorming prompts when you have to come up with a new product name. Examples included! |
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Finding More About A Potential Expired Domain Buyer Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-07-14 | - Word Count: 500 | Viewed: 746 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 3.13 Finding a potential buyer is very difficult when someone does not learn and master the techniques of domain trading. Here are five important things that you must remember before selling your stock of domain names: |
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Mailers Your Powerful Message For Success Written by: Cathy Q | Distributed: 2009-07-09 | - Word Count: 415 | Viewed: 753 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.86 Auto responders are a powerful marketing tool, saving you time and bringing you money. Mailers are one of the ways you can use this tool to its fullest potential. Firstly choose a reliable auto responder and know that not all auto responders are the same. |
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All The Good Domains Have Disappeared! Find Me A Good Expire Domain Name! Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-07-09 | - Word Count: 515 | Viewed: 739 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 3.67 All the good domains have disappeared! Find me a good expired domain name!.... |
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When It Comes to Business Names, Acronyms Are FUBAR Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-09 | - Word Count: 553 | Viewed: 1599 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.30 When you're dreaming up a new company name or product name, avoid acronyms. Here's why. |
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Online Fax - Five Super Reasons To Fax Online Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 752 | Viewed: 958 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 3.00 Online fax has become extremely popular in recent years mainly for these five reasons. Discover what they are and find out how you can also take advantage of this new way of faxing... |
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Lessons in Business Naming from Newspaper Headlines Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 538 | Viewed: 1131 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.38 Newspaper headlines often involve enjoyable wordplay - which could easily figure in business names or tag lines as well. By pondering a couple of dozen headlines, I was able to extract four lessons for naming. |
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Improved Website Sales Conversion Is The Best Answer Written by: Bret Plummer | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 1310 | Viewed: 1291 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.82 When I first started learning how to make money online, I read that Content Is King. Well, I am here to tell you that Content Is Not King. It is an illusion (a mirage) that traps many online business owners in the quick sand of failure. |
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When (and When NOT) to Charge for Your Info Products Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 1121 | Viewed: 830 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.89 One of my clients recently asked me whether she should charge for a series of tip sheets she created for families traveling with young children. Great question. The truth is, sometimes you should give information and resources away and sometimes you should sell them. The real question is WHEN to charge and when not to. In this article, I'll give you some guidelines around when to charge and when to give information away. |
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Supercharge Your Internet Marketing Using the Improved Google Keyword Tool Written by: Paul Marshall | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 1091 | Viewed: 902 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.00 The improvements to Google's Keyword Tool may have created the best, most accurate tool so far. And it's Free. But you've got to know how to use it, to take advantage of all it offers you. |
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LOA: The Secret and The Law of Attraction Doesn't Work! 3 Reasons Why Written by: Andrew Brinkworth | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 1156 | Viewed: 946 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.78 The different ways that that the Law of Attraction doesn't work in people's lives and how they can get past them. |
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How Any Internet Marketer Can Make 10,000 NEXT Weekend Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 966 | Viewed: 990 | Votes: 15 | Rating: 2.73 Lately, I hear from a LOT of struggling internet marketers. Many of them are worried about paying next month's rent, or having their electricity turned off. In other words, I hear from a lot of internet marketers "with their backs against the wall." The sad part is that if they've studied internet marketing for a year or so, this is completely unnecessary. |
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The Hidden Costs of Freeware Written by: Anne Sych | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 572 | Viewed: 1063 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.40 You are tasked with looking for software and in your research you stumble upon 'free' software. Can this be? It sounds too good to be true! How can they do that? It is very tempting - most of us at least take a peak. After all, why would we buy something we can get for free? But don't be rash... The cost of free might be really steep... |
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Online Branding - the Basics Written by: Enzo F. Cesario | Distributed: 2009-07-08 | - Word Count: 884 | Viewed: 969 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.30 The term "brand" has been around for many years and can be used to refer to a company name, a product name, an advertising campaign or a logo. Branding is used to create an emotional attachment to a product or company. It can also create a sense of perceived higher quality or value. In internet marketing, branding is more than logos and theme songs. Branding lets customers know who you are, what you do and how you do it. It's your promise of value. |
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Advertisers and Online Advertising Agencies Written by: Karin Gamble | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 876 | Viewed: 851 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.43 An online advertising agency's experiences with ad agencies and advertisers. |
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Create Information Products - Step by Step On Using Ghostwriting Services Written by: Alan Cheng | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 849 | Viewed: 1088 | Votes: 15 | Rating: 2.47 Successful online marketers create information products that are in-demand and sell them online. It's one of the most popular and effective ways to make money on the internet. An information product, or an ebook requires no inventory and the profit margins are huge. In this article, I'll summarize the crucial steps you need follow to create your own information product by outsourcing to respectable ghostwriting services... |
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Clean Your Office and Get Back Six Weeks of Time! Written by: Rochelle Melander | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 514 | Viewed: 749 | Votes: 13 | Rating: 2.31 How to organize your office to gain time and be more productive. |
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Write a Book and Catapult Your Company to New Heights by Branding Yourself As an Expert Written by: Charles Jacobs | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 847 | Viewed: 956 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 3.00 New advances in publishing technology make it possible to turn yourself into a recognized expert and to grow your business by publishing a book inexpensively and easily, despite your lack of experience in the publishing field. |
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How To Use Your Race To Get Rich Written by: Herbert Harris | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 1407 | Viewed: 2574 | Votes: 40 | Rating: 4.05 Amid recent news reports that there continues to be an ongoing and substantial gap between the net worth of Whites and other racial groups, it is easy to be distracted and overwhelmed by the raw data. However, I am immediately reminded of a quote offered by an economic expert from the past... "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics!" |
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Understanding Connotations in Tag Lines, Business Names and Monikers Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 523 | Viewed: 974 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 1.75 Discover a simple secret for preventing communication disasters in company names or product names. Instead of fighting what words mean to your audience, you can increase your ability to nail a thought or idea in powerful names, sentences, nicknames or slogans. |
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Making Money With Clickbank - Stop Getting Only Half The Story Written by: Brandon Weavers | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 655 | Viewed: 762 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.55 Even if you've got the simplest job on the planet... I don't care if you're washing dishes or flipping burgers. Heck, even if you're a roadside fruit seller... All of those jobs are much more complicated than making money from Clickbank. |
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Why You Don't Have a Business if You Don't Have Products Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 715 | Viewed: 781 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.00 I hope the article heading got your attention. When a mentor said this to me a couple years ago he got my attention: I felt angry and insulted! |
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Private Label Rights (PLR) and Spamming Written by: Glenn Heitkoetter | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | - Word Count: 583 | Viewed: 764 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.33 PLR is material that the author gives rights to change and/or redistribute the product(s). These can be just about any product. The author can be very strict in one extreme, to all the way the other way to letting you change it completely as you want, give yourself the credit and relink any links to your own site(s). In this article, I am going to take a look at all of the different ways you can use Private Label Rights content for your business... |
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List Building - 10 Super Fast Ways To Build Your Opt-in List Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-04-28 | - Word Count: 1291 | Viewed: 685 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 2.00 Profitable keywords are the building blocks of your online marketing. Mainly because finding and using the right keywords will be essential to your online success and will largely determine the viability of your online business. |
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The Roller Coaster Of Link Popularity Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-04-27 | - Word Count: 1666 | Viewed: 1826 | Votes: 14 | Rating: 3.00 Most webmasters are in a constant state of confusion about how to create link popularity and how to rank well in the search engine results. Three of the top four search engines, Google, Yahoo and MSN calculate link popularity as one part of their search algorithms. So, for all intent purposes, building link popularity will be an important part of getting recognition and strong placement in the search engine result pages (SERPs). |
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Newsletter Publishers: The Redheaded Step Children Of Internet Marketing Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-04-23 | - Word Count: 1546 | Viewed: 1133 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.00 People who publish online newsletters, often referred to as ezines, have always played an important role in the growth of the Internet economy. In fact, if you listen to any of the Internet gurus, they are going to tell you time and again that the most important thing you can do towards the success of your online business is to build a list. Although newsletters can help online marketers earn a lot of money, most marketers fail to realize the true potential of newsletters... |
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Buying Expired Domains Tips - The Issue of PageRank Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-04-23 | - Word Count: 522 | Viewed: 961 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.63 Every webmaster tries hard to promote web site on to the top most pages of Google search engine. All of us understand that Google has a system called Google PageRanking that allows it to index web sites on search engine pages. This article covers what you need to know about Google PageRank in relation to the expired domains that you might buy. |
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Money Making Tips with Your Expired Domains - Domain Parking Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-04-22 | - Word Count: 515 | Viewed: 746 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.67 Newbie expired domain traders keep searching for newer and innovative ways of making money out of their expired domain names. Expired domain trading is a vast industry, where almost every domain trader will be competing with others to sell their stock of domain names. What happens when an expired domain trader sits on a big pile of domain names without using them for any commercial purpose? The result could disastrous... |
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Fax To Email Can Be Easily Done With Online Fax Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2009-04-21 | - Word Count: 519 | Viewed: 959 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00 Internet fax is becoming very popular with business owners and ordinary individuals, but just how do you send a "fax to email" or an "email to fax" for that matter? Keep reading to discover how this is done... |
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Finding Balance Between SEO and Non-SEO Traffic Generation Written by: Kurt D. Lynn | Distributed: 2009-04-16 | - Word Count: 853 | Viewed: 893 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 3.25 You might think, from all the buzz about search engine optimization - SEO - that it offers a cure for all the world's business ills. Somehow, SEO has been propelled from the backwaters of Internet geekdom into the forefront of modern business marketing. This level of interest seems way out of proportion to the realities of business advertising online. |
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I Was Quoted in the News, Now What? Publicity Dilemma 10 Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-04-16 | - Word Count: 597 | Viewed: 762 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.90 Whether it was the Wall Street Journal or Hometown News Radio that quoted you last Monday, congratulate yourself. You have achieved a credibility-boosting distinction that many businesses never attain. Now find out how you can derive lasting benefit from your media coverage. |
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Schmooze To Sell Written by: Paul Barton | Distributed: 2009-04-15 | - Word Count: 734 | Viewed: 943 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 3.50 Schmooze: That's the thing to do if you want to give yourself a powerful advantage in selling your products or services -- or in selling YOU. Article explains why schmoozing works and gives real-life examples of selling success. |
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How Information Products Help Customers Say Yes Faster Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2009-04-15 | - Word Count: 913 | Viewed: 949 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.86 An unfortunate side effect of an economic slowdown like the one we're in currently, is spending slows down. If you're a small business owner the slowdown in spending shows up in two ways: |
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Will Global Financial Crisis Result in Benefits to Expired Domain Market? Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-04-15 | - Word Count: 495 | Viewed: 882 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.00 The year 2009 seems to be a year of uncertainties and imponderables. Now that this year is in front of us, most people are under tremendous tension and stress with looming job losses and depreciation of cash assets. With so much doubts lingering about their abilities to make a decent living, people may start looking for alternative sources of income that is just enough to sustain their living. When the money deposits are no safer in a bank, how does an investor plan to keep his or her money? |
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Expired Domains - Opportunities to Make Decent Money in the Gloom of Global Recession Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-04-14 | - Word Count: 519 | Viewed: 774 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 1.50 Expired domain name industry may watch a positive trend in the year 2009. If you are a newbie to the world of expired domain names, you may face a daunting situation while buying a good domain. Here are some of the things you will need to consider to be successful with expired domains. |
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Article Marketing Secret: How To Identify and Write For Your Target Market Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-04-14 | - Word Count: 1281 | Viewed: 1509 | Votes: 13 | Rating: 3.46 Many people question as to what topic they should choose to write their articles... Fortunately, the short answer is simple... Write articles that appeal to your target market. But what does that mean exactly? This article will guide you through the process of how to choose a topic and then to make your article irresistible to publishers. |
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How Can I Take Advantage of Breaking News? Publicity Dilemma 9 Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-04-14 | - Word Count: 665 | Viewed: 832 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.67 If a news story breaks that relates to the services or products you sell, become alert, find an interesting way to make the connection, and take action as soon as possible. This is one of the fastest and cheapest ways to earn media coverage that captures attention in the marketplace. |
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I'm Afraid of Being Misquoted! Publicity Dilemma 8 Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-04-09 | - Word Count: 667 | Viewed: 822 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.17 It's understandable to be apprehensive about being misrepresented in the news. You don't want to show up there with the equivalent of toilet paper snaking from your shoe. Yet being misquoted is not usually the catastrophe most people think it is. |
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Masters Of The Google Universe: How To Achieve Top Google Rankings Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-04-07 | - Word Count: 1489 | Viewed: 1597 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 3.00 It may sound impossible to explain how to get top Google rankings in a simple sentence, but by the time you reach the end of this article, one simple sentence will describe the secret of getting a website to rank well in Google - and it will make sense, because you will have read this article in its entirety. |
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Can a Press Release Be Controversial? Publicity Dilemma 7 Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-04-07 | - Word Count: 700 | Viewed: 798 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 3.43 Controversy gets attention. And from the standpoint of publicity, the best kind of controversy is a position or practice that goes against a habit or belief shared by the public, a profession or a niche population, yet has a solid rationale in its favor. |
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Protect Your Financial Future With An Online Business Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2009-04-06 | - Word Count: 1930 | Viewed: 1062 | Votes: 14 | Rating: 2.43 The world around us is concerned about the future. With Obama in the White House and record government spending during this economic recession, many of our neighbors are sweating what the future holds in store for them. But an online business that can be started for less than fifty dollars per month can set you up to successfully weather the current recession and potential job loss. |
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How to Write a Killer and Magnetic Headlines and Titles Written by: Branko Rakic | Distributed: 2009-04-02 | - Word Count: 804 | Viewed: 925 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.17 How to create great headlines and titles to turn your prospects into buying customers using hypnotic words that will empower them to purchase your product or service. This article will introduce you to the concepts that you need to employ to be successful with this type of copy writing. |
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Buying Expired Domain Names - Some Simple Suggestions Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-04-02 | - Word Count: 508 | Viewed: 763 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 2.50 Hundreds of expired domain traders buy a number of expired domain names, sell them to the highest bidder or flip them into useful web sites to make more money and profit. However, most of them commit a number of mistakes and blunders in the process, which could be due to a number of reasons and factors. Here are some simple suggestions and tips to help you in buying good expired domain names: |
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Why Have a Home Business? Written by: Michelle Penfold | Distributed: 2009-04-02 | - Word Count: 543 | Viewed: 790 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 2.75 Working from home has its advantages. There are many reasons why there is an increase in start up home businesses. Of course the worsening economy is one of the biggest incentives for starting a home business. Here are some benefits. |
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