6 Ways to More Sales During A Slow Season
Unbeknownst to me, it’s a slow summer for business this year.
Here I’ve been panicking
when I see a sales dip over 48 hours, and some folks are complaining of not seeing Any
sales for a whole week!
So, upon feeding myself a healthy slice of “I need to stop whining - there are people...
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6 Ways to More Sales During A Slow Season Unbeknownst to me, it’s a slow summer for business this year. Here I’ve been panicking when I see a sales dip over 48 hours, and some folks are complaining of not seeing Any sales for a whole week! So, upon feeding myself a healthy slice of “I need to stop whining - there are people with real problems”, I’m departing from my regular Yahoo and Google love affair to share what I’ve been doing that has me earning a steady income. (If you miss my Google chatter, come by on Google Tuesdays to read my blog - see the link at the end of the article. ) Please keep in mind, I’m no millionaire, so don’t expect some miraculous windfall of cash. Many of these tips steadied my income, as I now work completely from home and make about the same as I used to make before taxes back when I worked as a IT Consultant. Space permits only my top six, but you can stop by the site on Fridays for more. #1 - Take advantage of super-cheap ezine advertising. The pric
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Building An Algorithm-Proof Site Part Three
What is an algorithm-proof site? Technically, there’s no such thing.
Since we don’t know
exactly what the search engine formulas for ranking are, from that standpoint we can’t
really be sure that our site won’t drop out of the search engines with every update.
For our purposes, an...
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Building An Algorithm-Proof Site Part Three What is an algorithm-proof site? Technically, there’s no such thing. Since we don’t know exactly what the search engine formulas for ranking are, from that standpoint we can’t really be sure that our site won’t drop out of the search engines with every update. For our purposes, an algorithm-proof site is one that seems to stay in the top five rankings for a desired keyword term through each search engine update. These sites never seem to lose their rankings no matter what happens. And if you’ve recently lost your search engine positions, or are starting a new site, this is the type of site you will want to have. So since we know that some sites are standing the test of time in the search engines, we can study those sites to see what their secrets are - what are those sites doing that yours isn’t? In short : Is there a secret to building an algorithm-proof site? Yes. Will I tell you what it is now? Yes. Will you like the answer? Maybe.
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5 Fun and Free Ways to Get Leads to Find You
in Facebook
I m so livid that I can still hear his voice in my head.
Does that ever happen to you?
"You re completely f—ing nuts," he said.
"You can t get anything from Facebook but a sheep
thrown at you.
"
"No.
YOU can t get anything out of Facebook because you have a time management...
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5 Fun and Free Ways to Get Leads to Find You in Facebook I m so livid that I can still hear his voice in my head. Does that ever happen to you? "You re completely f—ing nuts," he said. "You can t get anything from Facebook but a sheep thrown at you. " "No. YOU can t get anything out of Facebook because you have a time management problem. " I hung up the phone, furious. I mean, how can you call yourself a marketer if you can t manage to gain from a site where the leads come to you? Since he obviously won t listen , I d like to tell you for free what I wouldn t tell him if he paid me. (No, he ll never read this - don t get me started on That. ) What follows are Five Fun and Free Ways to Benefit from Having a Facebook Profile. 1- Import Your Blog Posts, or Social Feeds Make sure you already have asserted your own copyright and that you read their T s and C s before proceeding. Another thing Jeff Pulver mentioned to me in Facebook is that your audience in Facebook and in the Blogosp
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Get Your RSS Feed Listed Within Hours at
Yahoo in 5 Simple Steps
Let s be honest.
There s three types of people in the world.
* Yahoos
* Googlers
* People who are neither, or both.
I ve been lurking in forums, and I realized something - they seem to be a lot saner than me.
But then, almost everyone is.
I ve been a Google gal for a...
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Get Your RSS Feed Listed Within Hours at Yahoo in 5 Simple Steps Let s be honest. There s three types of people in the world. * Yahoos * Googlers * People who are neither, or both. I ve been lurking in forums, and I realized something - they seem to be a lot saner than me. But then, almost everyone is. I ve been a Google gal for a while. There. I said it. And why not? Google has been good to me. Yahoo finally has me convinced that they are at minimum, the top contender for the title of heavyweight search engine champion of the world. I now take them very seriously for many reasons. ( I won t bore you with all of them here - though if you d like to be bored, see the on-going updates-: http://freetrafficdirectory. com/yes2yahoo - or if you re new to RSS and don t get how it can help your marketing, join our discussion - http://www. freetrafficdirectory. com/ Forums . ) What really has the potential to turn me into a type 2 or 3 is the attention Yahoo pays to RSS. Like everyon
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6 Ways That Blogging Can Save You Money
Even though I’ve had several personal blogs for years, I’ve only been officially business
blogging since 2003.
So in going back over expenses for the last quarter, you can imagine
my shock when I realized that my overall business costs were down about 19%.
What
saved me so much money?...
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6 Ways That Blogging Can Save You Money Even though I’ve had several personal blogs for years, I’ve only been officially business blogging since 2003. So in going back over expenses for the last quarter, you can imagine my shock when I realized that my overall business costs were down about 19%. What saved me so much money? Surprisingly, blogging. How can you save money with your blog? It s pretty simple, so I ll be brief. Attract search engine traffic without paying the big bucks If you want Google, Yahoo and MSN to pay attention to you, blog. It doesn t have to be a whole new site, just add a directory to your existing site and start blogging. Most blog software solutions are either cheap or free. And you can find out most basic blog information online for free (really, sometimes just typing your question into Google will do it. ) by people who ve actually done it. For less than $100, you can build a small library of blog tips and secrets, written by successful business blogg
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Blog Traffic - Does How or When You Blog
Matter?
What do I mean by how you blog?
One of the most common mistakes made by the novice blogger is to fill their blog with 60 80% recycled content.
Sure, it s fine to quote other sources and give your opinion.
But just
re-blogging other posts, or cutting and pasting reprint articles does...
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Blog Traffic - Does How or When You Blog Matter? What do I mean by how you blog? One of the most common mistakes made by the novice blogger is to fill their blog with 60 80% recycled content. Sure, it s fine to quote other sources and give your opinion. But just re-blogging other posts, or cutting and pasting reprint articles does not a great blogger make. And maybe you don t want to be a Great blogger. Perhaps you don t have the time. But you do want to be at least a good blogger, or you are killing your blog’s incredible potential to be a search engine magnet, as well as boost your traffic and sales from both first time and return visitors. Your content doesn t have to be picture perfect, and you don t have to make article-length posts to your blog. But what you do need: * Blog Posts that Engage Your Audience * Blog Material that is either Original in Topic, or Original in Approach * More Original Content than Re-Hashed * Unique Viewpoints, Sources or Perspectives to add to co
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4 of the Top 5 Search Engine Benefits to
Article Marketing
You ve probably heard by now that article marketing can help you build links back to your
site.
But there s a lot more to it than that.
Articles aren t only good for leveraging yourself
stronger positions in Google, Yahoo, MSN and the other big search engines, though that s...
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4 of the Top 5 Search Engine Benefits to Article Marketing You ve probably heard by now that article marketing can help you build links back to your site. But there s a lot more to it than that. Articles aren t only good for leveraging yourself stronger positions in Google, Yahoo, MSN and the other big search engines, though that s what we ll be focusing on today. Keep in mind that learning a more balanced view of promotion and marketing with articles can help you reap all the perks with essentially the same amount of work. For now, let s start with four of the top five search engine benefits. 1- The One-Way Link of a Resource Box backlink is More Powerful. A link from a site that you re not linked back to has more value than one where you may be required to link back to, simply because changes in the way search engines rank sites now include an adjustment for exchanged links. The logic is that this would make the voting power of a link that points in one direction weigh more he
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Fun Free Feed Tools for Both the Publisher
and the Reader
As you’ve probably been reading, there are basically three problems many webmasters have
with web feeds (that is, among those who are already familiar with them on a basic level).
The three concerns I hear the most are:
“How do I deal with the bandwidth hit?”
“Is there...
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Fun Free Feed Tools for Both the Publisher and the Reader As you’ve probably been reading, there are basically three problems many webmasters have with web feeds (that is, among those who are already familiar with them on a basic level). The three concerns I hear the most are: “How do I deal with the bandwidth hit?” “Is there a way to include information that isn’t in the automated resource I use to populate my feed without touching any code?” and “Where can I find a cost-effective, simple way to display feeds on my site?” Say Goodbye to Bandwidth Overages with FeedBurner http://feedburner. com If you’re a publisher, chances are, you’re familiar with the bandwidth increase that occurs every time your audience reads the latest update to your feed that for some webmasters lead to the possibility of exceeding monthly bandwidth limitations. There’s an easy solution. Burn your feed with FeedBurner. They’re happy to take the burden off your server. (And yes, they say, FeedBurner is one
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5 Ways to Entice Your Parallel Market to
Trade Links
Lots of people get confounded when attempting to exchange links, you’re not alone.
The
people who have the spot you want are competitors.
The people who don t aren t worth
exchanging links with.
What to do?
It s not necessarily the method you re using, it may be the approach....
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5 Ways to Entice Your Parallel Market to Trade Links Lots of people get confounded when attempting to exchange links, you’re not alone. The people who have the spot you want are competitors. The people who don t aren t worth exchanging links with. What to do? It s not necessarily the method you re using, it may be the approach. If you know anything about SEO, you know you need relevant links to your site, preferably more in than you have out. And whether you actively pursue search engine listings or not, you’ll find that many surfers travel the web through the links they find, often without realizing it. So how do you achieve this without linking to the sites you are competing with? Think Parallel Markets. When most people think of this term, they are speaking from an investment standpoint. In this discussion, I m simply referring to groups of products and services which cater to people with similiar needs. If your market is delivery or carry-out pizza, your market is fast foo
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10 Free Ways that Giving Helps You With Web
2.
0 Marketing
To truly understand marketing in the Web 2.
0 era, the first thing to realize is that the era of
hoarding information and resources is over.
We re now in the age of teaching and giving.
Most Web 2.
0 sites that will help you market your site will Only work if you make a...
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10 Free Ways that Giving Helps You With Web 2. 0 Marketing To truly understand marketing in the Web 2. 0 era, the first thing to realize is that the era of hoarding information and resources is over. We re now in the age of teaching and giving. Most Web 2. 0 sites that will help you market your site will Only work if you make a conscious effort to share your resources. Think of it as traditional networking amplified and assisted by web tools. Realize, though, that the technical details of how to maximize social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, collaborative tools and widgets are all useless without the new underlying first rule of the Web. "What s the new rule, Tinu?" Well, in order to receive, you ll have to start out by giving. The trick is to go beyond the golden rule of doing unto others as you d have them do unto you, into an even higher rule of doing to others as they want to be done unto. And if you can figure out how to anticipate needs, you ve got a bigger head-start than an
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