50 Most Viewed
"Business Online" Articles of All-Time

1	Attracting Readers to your Book Written by: Alastair Hall | Distributed: 2006-05-18 | Word Count: 708 | Page Views: 42520 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.11 One of the common and obvious ways to market a self-published book is having your own website. The harder part is how to attract your target audience and then convert the sale.
2	How To Make Visitors Bookmark Your Site Written by: Cheryl Miller | Distributed: 2006-10-10 | Word Count: 536 | Page Views: 34815 | Votes: 13 | Rating: 2.38 When visitors bookmark your site it is a sign that you have built a great website and are pleasing them. Visitors think highly enough of your site to want to return and possibly tell others about it. You are not only increasing traffic from your existing clientele you are encouraging new traffic by means of viral marketing.
3	Treat Online 'Guests' With Respect Written by: Rick Sloboda | Distributed: 2007-07-27 | Word Count: 472 | Page Views: 27199 | Votes: 25 | Rating: 3.76 Does your website show your customers lack of respect? Review the following checklist to find out.
4	How I Got 70,000 Useless Visitors To My Site In One Day! (One Internet Marketer's Analysis of Social Bookmark Traffic) Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2007-11-06 | Word Count: 1545 | Page Views: 23763 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.13 Is social bookmark traffic useless? Is it even worth cultivating for your site? Can it be used from an online marketing perspective? Read to discover one Internet Marketer's analysis of social bookmark/media traffic...
5	Successful Article Marketers Help Readers Solve Problems Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2008-10-29 | Word Count: 816 | Page Views: 18815 | Votes: 23 | Rating: 3.26 Every week, I have the opportunity to speak with people about the benefits and challenges of using article marketing to promote an online business. Article marketing is about getting your sales message in front of potential customers and to get links to your website. Many interpret this to mean that an article should directly promote a website within the article, but that approach is wrong and will reduce one's success using this methodology.
6	Tips For Building Your First Website Written by: Benny Tsabba | Distributed: 2007-05-30 | Word Count: 1511 | Page Views: 14637 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.00 New people are coming online everyday. And many of those people desire to turn their spare time into spare cash. So begins their journey.
7	Successful Forum JVs and How To Get Them Written by: Diana Barnum | Distributed: 2006-06-15 | Word Count: 648 | Page Views: 6635 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.18 The forming of common alliances, also referred to as a joint venture (JV), happens nearly every day in the business world. One of the most popular means of linking people up online of so that they can work together on their projects is via forums, where people of all levels of business and expertise post in common threads.
8	Increasing Productivity In Your Online Business Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2006-06-14 | Word Count: 1407 | Page Views: 4327 | Votes: 32 | Rating: 3.72 Running an online "empire" of approximately 1600 websites and blogs, selling a variety of products, services and ideas, I have to be much more productive than the average person in a "regular job."
9	Who Else Wants to Know How-To Write an Effective Advertisement? Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2011-08-25 | Word Count: 1431 | Page Views: 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.
10	A Recent Issue Of Playboy Revealed... Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2010-01-19 | Word Count: 1658 | Page Views: 4246 | 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...
11	A New Home Business Written by: Angela Recchia | Distributed: 2006-09-08 | Word Count: 319 | Page Views: 4146 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.57 When joining a new affiliate program, many people do not know where to go next. They join thinking that's all that is needed without a plan of action. What is needed is promotion of your program and getting others to join you. If you are motivated and have the drive and knowledge to get you started. Then you are on your way.
12	The Importance Of Effective Follow-up Written by: Kate Smalley | Distributed: 2007-01-15 | Word Count: 493 | Page Views: 4070 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 3.44 Marketing experts say that following up with clients is crucial to successful selling because most prospects do not buy the first time, according to Aweber, a leading autoresponder company. People must encounter a marketing message multiple times before making a purchasing decision.
13	Understanding Inbound Links --- The Good, Bad And The Ugly Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2008-01-31 | Word Count: 1326 | Page Views: 4048 | Votes: 19 | Rating: 3.21 All links are not created equal. There are worthless, good and great links. So, what is the difference between each one? I can sum it up in one word, "clicks".
14	Five Ways to Make Your Company Slogan Catchy or Your Tag Line Terrific Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-01-14 | Word Count: 526 | Page Views: 3796 | 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...
15	Credit Card Growth Written by: Scott Burke | Distributed: 2006-07-05 | Word Count: 384 | Page Views: 3794 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.44 Industries that expand at such a rapid rate often are vulnerable to fraud schemes devised by those seeking to capitalize on newfound criminal opportunities, dated security measures, and outdated laws. The credit card sector is no exception.
16	How To Get Feedback From Colleagues That Makes Sense Written by: Mark Silver | Distributed: 2009-01-27 | Word Count: 841 | Page Views: 3701 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.22 Okay, you've just written a new website, or a new sales page. Or maybe you've just created a new product or offer. Or even just tried on a new suit. And you turn to your friend and ask: "Can I get some feedback from you? What do you think?"
17	Why Is The Wellness Industry So Popular? Written by: Michelle Penfold | Distributed: 2009-03-12 | Word Count: 407 | Page Views: 3687 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 3.86 There is a lot of money to be made in the wellness industry. The field is large but there are many niche markets within it. The health supplement industry is one of the most popular niches. Health supplement juices and products abound. What is the reason that people are so interested in this niche?
18	Click Fraud: Defining the Context of a Problem (Part 1) Written by: Jim Hedger | Distributed: 2006-10-12 | Word Count: 1426 | Page Views: 3685 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.55 Everyone involved in search marketing considers Click Fraud a problem issue though to what degree problems exist depends on who is looking at the issues. Pay-Per-Click (PPC) search advertising is the golden goose that makes the major engines financially viable but the success of the PPC model, mixed with the nature of the 'net can make PPC advertising a double-edged sword for advertisers.
19	Bringing Your Offline Business Online Written by: Cheryl Miller | Distributed: 2006-11-27 | Word Count: 708 | Page Views: 3500 | Votes: 15 | Rating: 3.00 A few years ago offline businesses would never have dreamt of bringing their businesses into the Internet arena but now marketing has changed so rapidly that businesses cannot afford to ignore the Internet. So if you haven't brought your business onto the Internet my question to you is ...Why not?
20	Loosing Customers and Losing Sales - It Sounds Funny Doesn't It? Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2008-06-14 | Word Count: 757 | Page Views: 3464 | Votes: 15 | Rating: 2.33 Two of the most commonly misspelled words online are: losing and loosing. This article explains the difference between the two words, and the reasons why it is important to know the difference.
21	Designing Your Site for Web 2.0 Written by: Kim Roach | Distributed: 2006-07-12 | Word Count: 1045 | Page Views: 3452 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.00 Have you heard it? There's a buzz like never before on the Internet. Everyone is talking about Web 2.0. If you're like many people, you may think it's a marketing gimmick and quite an overused statement. If so, you would be at least partially right. Fortunately, there's another side to the story.
22	5 Essential Marketing Tools For Starting A Successful Internet Home Business Written by: Titus Hoskins | Distributed: 2007-01-22 | Word Count: 1202 | Page Views: 3311 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 3.50 Lets start with this one cold hard fact: creating a successful Internet home business is not an easy task. It takes hard work and a whole lot of strategic planning. Anyone who tells you otherwise is probably trying to sell you something!
23	A Hard Look at PPC, Click Fraud and the Alternatives Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2011-08-19 | Word Count: 1268 | Page Views: 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.
24	How To Add 1300 New Subscribers To Your List Per Week Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2006-09-29 | Word Count: 790 | Page Views: 3275 | Votes: 15 | Rating: 1.40 In a recent special report, which I marketed from my blog, I revealed to a handful of clients how I actually add an extra 5200 subscribers to my list every month. These are in addition to the new subscribers I was already getting before implementing my new "secret" technique.
25	Expired Domain Gains - Simple Ideas to Create an Income Base Written by: John Khu | Distributed: 2009-07-31 | Word Count: 549 | Page Views: 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.
26	5 Ideas To Increase Event Attendance Without Lowering Your Price Written by: Jim Romanik | Distributed: 2009-03-03 | Word Count: 566 | Page Views: 3083 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 1.91 A goal for most events is to get enough participants to reach capacity. Occasionally we work on an event that sells out quickly and we stop accepting registrations early, but more often than not there's room for more participants.
27	A Company Catchphrase: Creating a Motto or Slogan That Promotes Your Business Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2010-02-02 | Word Count: 608 | Page Views: 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.
28	Changing Your Company Name: The Good, The Bad and The Unnecessary Written by: Marcia Yudkin | Distributed: 2009-07-16 | Word Count: 520 | Page Views: 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.
29	The Boiling Frog Syndrome Written by: Scott Bywater | Distributed: 2010-01-05 | Word Count: 435 | Page Views: 2944 | 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...
30	Why I'm A 'B-Level Marketer!' Written by: Willie Crawford | Distributed: 2007-07-16 | Word Count: 917 | Page Views: 2938 | Votes: 24 | Rating: 3.83 At a recent Internet marketing seminar, I was sitting around the hotel lobby with approximately 20 other seminar attendees and speakers. The seminar's host was in attendance, and the conversation covered a range of internet marketing topics with extreme frankness. Our proximity to the hotel bar certainly contributed to our 'conviviality.'
31	3rd Edition New Ground In Online Money-Making Strategies Written by: Ramon Sanchez | Distributed: 2006-11-07 | Word Count: 377 | Page Views: 2873 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 2.20 Joel Comm, the Internet Marketing guru, has developed and refined one of today's most well-known and revolutionary industry books, 'What Google Never Told You About: Making Money with AdSense'.
32	Choosing A Good Web Designer Written by: Constantin Chersin | Distributed: 2006-11-28 | Word Count: 550 | Page Views: 2801 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.17 One of the most important keys to your online business is a website. It does not matter what you are selling, a website is critical to the development of your business. Because of its importance it is necessary to make sure that your web design is done correctly. This may be one task that you will be outsourcing.
33	4 Strategies To Help You To Make Money From Your Website Written by: Trey Pennewell | Distributed: 2008-12-26 | Word Count: 1343 | Page Views: 2797 | Votes: 19 | Rating: 3.21 There is nothing wrong with being innovative and trying new methods to make money online. The problem comes up when people, seeking new methods, forget to pay attention to the proven methods of making money online. There are 4 proven areas that a webmaster must focus on to be successful.
34	Sell Yourself, Not Your Products or Services Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2012-01-02 | Word Count: 989 | Page Views: 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.
35	Is Trust the New Killer App? Written by: Judy Murdoch | Distributed: 2006-08-22 | Word Count: 570 | Page Views: 2719 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.11 Trust and marketing are not exactly two words that go together.
36	Accelerate Online Sales - 3 Steps To Generating New Business Written by: Rosemary Brisco | Distributed: 2006-05-26 | Word Count: 672 | Page Views: 2712 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 3.00 Driving prospects to a Website is only the first step in a successful search-engine-optimization program. Unfortunately, 90 percent of businesses only focus on this first step, while a successful online campaign actually has three critical components:
37	Starting A Successful Newsletter Written by: Cheryl Miller | Distributed: 2006-08-31 | Word Count: 640 | Page Views: 2685 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 3.08 A free newsletter is a powerful way to develop your business. By this means you will be able to build your own in house opt-in list many of your readers, over time, will become your loyal lifetime customers. Your subscribers are truly VIPs and should be treated as such.
38	Jay Abraham Presents The Strategy of Preeminence Written by: Jay Abraham | Distributed: 2007-11-21 | Word Count: 757 | Page Views: 2663 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 3.44 Why do some entrepreneurs gain levels of success so much higher than others? Most often, it's due to the fact that they have a better philosophical strategy. They approach dealing with prospects and clients with a deep desire to really help and solve their problems.
39	Creating Inbound Links Is About More Than Just PageRank Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2008-08-19 | Word Count: 1724 | Page Views: 2631 | Votes: 21 | Rating: 3.29 Is Google PageRank (PR) the be-all, end-all of the internet marketing equation? I have wanted to discuss this topic for quite a long time. But, there is risk in discussing this topic. It is a lot like religion and politics. We are advised not to discuss religion or politics in mixed company, because people are willing to argue and sometimes kill, based solely on your disagreement with their religious or political beliefs. In a lot of ways, Google PR is a matter of religion to some internet marketers.
40	Unique Marketing Strategies Written by: Kim Roach | Distributed: 2006-10-11 | Word Count: 1629 | Page Views: 2621 | Votes: 14 | Rating: 1.71 As an online marketer I have learned a variety of techniques for attracting traffic. However, sometimes I stumble upon marketing strategies that are truly unique. I urge you to read on.
41	When Following-the-Leader Gets Your Business in Trouble Written by: Mark Silver | Distributed: 2008-09-02 | Word Count: 891 | Page Views: 2619 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.83 On a hot summer day in the early 1990's, I was standing in the middle of a California freeway. Four cars were piled up around me, and ambulances, fire engines, and the California Highway Patrol were arriving one after the other. Our paramedic unit had parked where the first-in unit had told us to park, and we were working on the car that first medic on-scene had directed us to. Per protocol, the first paramedic on-scene was the "incident commander" until a higher ranking command officer or supervisor arrived.
42	Ten Tips For User Friendly Online Registration Forms Written by: Jim Romanik | Distributed: 2009-02-24 | Word Count: 775 | Page Views: 2616 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 1.22 Have you ever registered or attempted to register for an event and spent half an hour trying to figure out what you needed to do? Or have you used an online registration form that lost your data or was so complicated that it seemed like more work than faxing the form?
43	How To Use Your Race To Get Rich Written by: Herbert Harris | Distributed: 2009-07-07 | Word Count: 1407 | Page Views: 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!"
44	Are You Wasting Money By Paying Your Web Designer For SEO? Written by: Tom Shivers | Distributed: 2006-11-29 | Word Count: 1157 | Page Views: 2548 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.25 The biggest difference between web designers and SEO professionals is what motivates them: creativity versus strategic thinking. A web designer is ultimately motivated by making a website look good to the client, thus satisfying them visually. An SEO professional is ultimately motivated to gain top search engine rankings for competitive keywords, thus gaining visibility. More business owners are now waking up to the fact that web designers are more artists than online marketers.
45	The Clash Of Titans: Article Directory Owners Vs. Automated Article Submission Services Written by: Bill Platt | Distributed: 2007-07-19 | Word Count: 1784 | Page Views: 2530 | Votes: 27 | Rating: 2.89 Article marketing has been considered a useful method of promotion on the Internet, since the very early days of the Internet. By writing an informative article, writers have been able to get their sales message read by millions of online consumers, through their resource box that follows their articles.
46	3:10 to Yuma...Lessons Learned Written by: Clinton Douglas IV | Distributed: 2008-02-25 | Word Count: 1218 | Page Views: 2505 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 2.91 Before we begin, let's start with a quote from one of my favorite people. "I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature." - J.D. Rockefeller
47	Experiments and Results: Targeted vs. Untargeted Traffic Written by: Trey Pennewell | Distributed: 2008-12-31 | Word Count: 828 | Page Views: 2492 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.00 Most webmasters are always looking for new and inventive ways to drive traffic to their website. There are many proven methods of getting the traffic to a website, but if that new increase in traffic does not convert into sales, then is it still worth the effort that you put into getting that traffic?
48	Google's New Patent Translated Written by: Kim Roach | Distributed: 2006-09-06 | Word Count: 863 | Page Views: 2481 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 2.50 There is always great interest within the search engine marketing community whenever a search engine files for a patent. This is especially true for Google, which just recently released a new patent application - System and method for supporting editorial opinion in the ranking of search results...
49	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 | Page Views: 2463 | 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.
50	Is the Dot Com Boom Reborn? Written by: Ramon Sanchez | Distributed: 2007-11-14 | Word Count: 314 | Page Views: 2453 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.50 In its infancy, the Internet was a playground for wide-eyed investors and entrepreneurs. Like the California gold rush, thousands migrated to this new, uncharted territory with hopes of wealth, fame and fortune. Millions were earned, and billions were lost in this gamble. Yet some businesses stuck in our lives and still thrive today - past the inevitable dot com crash earlier this decade.