Do I need a blog?
Those of us in IT (Information Technology) are forever shortening words, inventing new words, or making up abbreviations, acronyms that no one but a few who are ‘in the know’ can possibly understand. The age of technology we’re in now has also meant that there are many new words that have had to be invented […]
How can I advertise on the Web?
As noted in a previous blog, using Google Adwords is a very effective way of advertising to your customers on the Web. You can target your customers specifically by words they are using when searching via Google. Other effective tools include: Internet Directory Listing ServicesPut ads or URL Links onto your partner’s website or other websites […]
Drive Sales with Google Adwords!
In 2012, Google’s total advertising revenues were USD$42.5 billion with Google Adwords being Google’s main advertising product and source of revenue. As you know, when you use Google to search for something, you are searching using one or more words to try to find information. As a business, you might want to advertise your product […]
Properly submit your site to Google! (get found)
Previously we talked about How Does My Website Get Found? Basically, the search engines, such as Google, must know that your site exists so it can be indexed. Here are the basics of what you need to do to submit your site to Google. First you must have a Google Account (click here to create […]
How may I turn visitors into clients?
Strategies that you use to turn website visitors into clients (known as conversion rates) can probably be approached in much the same way as you would for your actual high street business. In other words, whatever strategies you might adopt to attract and retain a customer to your actual business or shop (often referred to […]
Free 50
50 Business Directories For Local Marketing 1. Google 2. Bing 3. Yahoo! 4. Yelp 5. Merchant Circle 6. LinkedIn 7. YellowPages.com 9. Whitepages 10. Supermedia 11. Yellowbook 12. CitySearch 13. Mapquest 14. Biznik 15. Local.com 16. Foursquare 17. ThinkLocal 18. CitySlick 19. USYellowPages 20. SuperPages 21. Removed 22. Dex 23. BizJournals.com 24. TeleAtlas 25. JustClickLocal […]
The Best of Website Marketing!
As a business owner, your website was not created ‘just for the fun of it’. A lot of thought and effort went into your website so it can communicate, as effectively as possible, a broad spectrum of information about your business: who you are, your mission and values, your products and services, your team, and […]
How To Get Better Search Results!
Use “Long Tail Keywords”. Definition: “Long tail keywords are those three and four keyword phrases which are very, very specific to whatever you are selling. You see, whenever a customer uses a highly specific search phrase, they tend to be looking for exactly what they are actually going to buy.” *1 Why are Long Tail Keywords so important? […]
Want to Cloze More Orders?
This is my personal review of Cloze Relationship Manager. (I have no affiliation with Cloze) I have been looking for an easy to use CRM for 15 years, and this is what I have been looking for in a CRM system: simple setup. web and mobile based. Cross platform, that I can use on my […]
How do I properly submit my site to Bing and Yahoo?
Previously we talked about How Does My Website Get Found? Basically, the search engines, such as Bing and Yahoo, must know that your site exists so it can be indexed. Here are the basics of what you need to do to submit your site to Bing and Yahoo!. Microsoft Bing Submit to Bing: http://www.bing.com/toolbox/submit-site-url Yahoo! […]