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Don't Spend All Your Time With Your Business The nice thing about the Internet is that your business need never close--you can serve customers every minute of every day. Date: 2008-12-29 Small Businesses Are Still Losing On Online Marketing A new study out by Microsoft AdCenter confirms it - small business are still missing the mark when it comes to the potential of online. Date: 2008-12-17 New ABCSearch Advertisers Get up to $100 in Free Traffic BCSearch is the world's largest pay per click search network delivering quality traffic to online marketers. We’re so confident that you will enjoy our services and traffic that we’ll credit your minimum $50 deposit with another $100 delivering qualified Pay-Per-Click traffic! Date: 2008-12-11 Why Should Small Businesses Blog? Seth Godin and Tom Peters talk about the power of blogging at the Open Forum. Peters says it's the best marketing tool by a long shot. Date: 2008-12-01 No More Trips to the Post Office. As a small business owner, you've got a lot to do. Why spend valuable time running to the Post Office™ to buy stamps? With the mailstation 2™ digital mailing system in your office, you can cross off dealing with mail from your list. And no more trips to the Post Office™ means more time for you to spend on important things, like growing your business. Date: 2008-11-1 8 9 Proven Techniques to Double Your Sales This book is a powerhouse of information! Information that will grow your company quickly and profitably. The same techniques and tactics in this book have been used by hundreds of companies to easily double, and even triple their current sales. The book is free, but could be worth thousands, or even millions to your bottom line! Date: 2008-11-14 Social Media Is Still Evolving As A Business Tool I was relieved to see the following reaction from the first day's crowd when PubCon's Brett Tabke asked if people had seen an increase in their business and about 50% of the crowd raised their hands. Date: 2008-11-13 Build a Web Site Tailored to Your Needs: Introductory Offer Are you looking for a way to get your business online but aren’t sure where to begin? Network Solutions® can help! Our all-inclusive, customizable Web site packages will help you build your presence online to communicate your message and showcase your business. Date: 2008-11-06 Don't Abandon Your Facebook Fan Page If you're a business creating a profile on Facebook and decide you want to add a fan page to the mix, there are several very big "don'ts" you need to watch out for. Date: 2008-11-05 Solidifying The Final Stages Of A Website Sales people talk a lot about about "closing the deal", the final stage in the sales process needed to get people to sign on the dotted line. Date: 2008-10-22 The Answer To The Bailout Crisis Is Search Marketing It's another week of uncertainty and the wide variety of prognostications about the financial "meltdown" or "crisis" or "Armageddon" or whatever it is you want to call it. Date: 2008-10-06 Not Convinced Your Business Needs A Blog? Recently I wrote about why a business needs a website, regardless of whether it was a small or large business. Date: 2008-09-24 Help your Business Stand out from the crowd You started your business and built your Web site. You were expecting a flood of new customers, so where are they? If your Web site is not listed near the top of the search results from major search engines like Google® and Yahoo!®, chances are it won’t be found by customers searching for what you have to offer. Date: 2008-09-23 Valuing Your Services One lesson I've learned since I started my business about 3 1/3 years ago - if you don't value your work, nobody else will either. Date: 2008-09-10 Access Your PC from Anywhere Here's how it works: You simply log on to GoToMyPC and your office desktop instantly appears on that computer. It's so easy! You have full access to all your files, programs, email and network. Date: 2008-09-09 A Powerful Marketing Tool For Small Businesses In case you don't like listening to audio, here's a transcript of today's podcast on "The Most Powerful Small Business Marketing Tool Known to Man (or Woman)". Date: 2008-08-28 Have A Strategy When Creating Multiple Blogs I was recently in a conversation with a colleague who is revamping their client's website. As he and I were talking, he asked an important question: Date: 2008-08-13 Making Finance Accounting Automation Painless Wondering what Finance Accounting software solution is right for you? Get your FREE Finance & Accounting Buyers & Comparison Guide comparing service levels, features and pricing from Inside-ERP. Date: 2008-08-12 Access Your PC From Anywhere Here's how it works: You simply log on to GoToMyPC and your office desktop instantly appears on that computer. It's so easy! You have full access to all your files, programs, email and network. Date: 2008-07-29 Buyer's Guide To Web Analytics John Lovett from Jupiter Research released his new report titled Web Analytics Buyer's Guide, Assessing Vendors' Competencies and Value. Date: 2008-07-28 Simple Ways To Improve Your User Experience I'm fascinated by human psychology, and in particular online human psychology. What makes a user complete one action while ignoring another. Date: 2008-07-24 Top 5 Reasons to own more than one Premium Domain Name Smart businesses don't just own their company name as a ".com." They purchase several variations or related names to drive additional traffic to their primary Web site. In fact, buying additional domains for your company can pay off in big dividends—here's why. Date: 2008-07-22 9 Proven Techniques to Double Your Sales I'm sure you've wanted to throw your hands in the air and give up. But...you haven't. Perhaps you hang on because you can see the potential of your business. In other words, you know you're sitting on the edge of unbelievable success. Date: 2008-07-15 To Be Successful You Must Be Your Own Best Client To market and grow your small business effectively, you have to be your own best client. Just the other day, I was chatting with a prospective client on the phone. Date: 2008-07-03 What makes The Hosting Cloud so special? Utter simplicity That's not an exaggeration. You'll be able to deploy a new website on Mosso in under five minutes. Mosso makes management easy, too Date: 2008-06-24 Most Important Step In Your Online Business Tough economic times call for small businesses to get creative. Here is why you should consider implementing a multi-domain strategy for your business. Date: 2008-06-17 How Will Social Media Help My Sales? I was just reading TechMeme and saw that Jeremiah Owyang has a great post on the five questions that companies ask about social media. Date: 2008-06-12 Stand Out From the Crowd: FREE SEO Whitepaper You started your business and built your Web site. You were expecting a flood of new customers, so where are they? If your Web site is not listed near the top of the search results from major search engines like Google® and Yahoo!®, chances are it won’t be found by customers searching for what you have to offer. Date: 2008-06-10 9 Proven Techniques to Double Your Sales Look, it's incredibly difficult to be a small business owner! There are employees to manage, customers to please, bills to be paid, and a million other things to consider. And, on top of all of that, you're still trying to grow your business. Date: 2008-06-03 No-Cost Trial Download: Easiest Way to Boost Your Business With IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte Web conferencing service, you combine Web and audio conferencing to deliver the best show and tell presentation in town. Date: 2008-05-27 The Importance Of Protecting Your Brand Companies large and small spend significant proportions of their revenue on branding efforts as well as those things that influence customer perception of brand like product development, support and customer service. Date: 2008-05-22 5 Business Reasons to Invest in a Domain Name Tough economic times call for small businesses to get creative and acquiring a domain name is an important first step in building a successful online business. If your business isn't already online, here are 5 reasons why purchasing a domain name just might be the solution you need. Date: 2008-05-20 Customers Seeing Through The Advertising Hype One of the biggest changes the Internet has wrought (I love saying the word "wrought") on marketing has been the death of hype. Date: 2008-05-15 Stand Out with a Professionally Designed Logo A professionally designed logo will help you get Noticed and stay Remembered, thus helping you get MORE Business. Date: 2008-05-06 No Cost Trial: Grow Your Small Business with Ease Web conferencing doesn't need to be complicated. With the Lotus Sametime Unyte service your small business can work smarter. The seamless Web and audio integration, easy-to-use interface and top-notch support of the Sametime Unyte service can have you up and running in minutes. There's no software to install and no downloads for participants so you can use it anywhere, any time. It's that simple. Date: 2008-04-29 Step By Step Guide To PPC Campaign Setup As we grow and take on more and more clients as well as consult with smaller clients, there has been one very alarming trend that we have noticed. Date: 2008-04-28 Ready to Make Money? Build Your Online Store Now and Save The sooner you open your online store, the sooner you'll open the window of opportunity — the opportunity to start making money! Bring your dreams of running an online business to reality with a robust, professional, e-commerce site from Network Solutions®. Date: 2008-04-25 5 Business Reasons to Invest in a Domain Name Tough economic times call for small businesses to get creative and acquiring a domain name is an important first step in building a successful online business. If your business isn't already online, here are 5 reasons why purchasing a domain name just might be the solution you need. BuyDomains has the largest inventory of premium names — let us help you find one that matches your business needs. Date: 2008-04-22 How To Track Offline Sales To Your Site When I speak at conferences and other events, I frequently discuss how businesses without shopping carts can track their offline sales back to their Web sites. Date: 2008-04-17 Ready to Make Money? Build Your Online Store Now and Save The sooner you open your online store, the sooner you'll open the window of opportunity — the opportunity to start making money! Bring your dreams of running an online business to reality with a robust, professional, e-commerce site from Network Solutions®. Date: 2008-04-11 9 Proven Techniques to Double Your Sales Look, it’s incredibly difficult to be a small business owner! There are employees to manage, customers to please, bills to be paid, and a million other things to consider. And, on top of all of that, you’re still trying to grow your business. Date: 2008-04-08 Valuable Marketing Lessons Recession, recession, recession I don't know about you but I have had my fill of this doomsday word! Date: 2008-03-31 Bill By The Hour Or A Fixed-Fee Estimate? This post is going to deviate a bit from the technical realm but I just read a report in the latest HOW Design magazine that was based on a recent survey of designers' rates. Date: 2008-03-27 Try Out This Tool To Grow Your Business It only takes a few minutes to start your first Lotus Sametime Unyte online meeting. Whether you need to present to one client, a sales force or hundreds of people - no worries, we've got what you need. So even the smallest companies can run online meetings - with no downloads, no training and no need to call IT for help. Date: 2008-03-25 Access Your PC from Anywhere Here’s how it works: You simply log on to GoToMyPC and your office desktop instantly appears on that computer. It’s so easy! You have full access to all your files, programs, email and network. Date: 2008-03-12 When To Quit The Race Many businesses fail each year. Others are sold. You read about a few in the newspapers, but for each newsworthy event, thousands occur quietly in good economic times and bad. Date: 2008-03-05 10 Must Know Rules of Email Marketing Whether you're a heavy email marketer or just thinking about using email to market to prospects and customers, there are plenty of issues to consider. Date: 2008-03-04 Convenient Tool for Growing A Small Business It only takes a few minutes to start your first Lotus Sametime Unyte online meeting. Whether you need to present to one client, a sales force or hundreds of people - no worries, we've got what you need. So even the smallest companies can run online meetings — with no downloads, no training and no need to call IT for help. Date: 2008-02-26 Use Blogs To Help Your Small Business USA Today's Steve Strauss is a recent convert to the value of blogging and in today's "Ask the Expert" he explains how blogs can help small businesses. Date: 2008-02-18 Get "Salesforce.com for Dummies" Free Experience the award-winning ease of use of the world's most customizable CRM. See for yourself why 32,300 companies of all sizes swear by Salesforce—delivering a whopping 95% customer satisfaction rating. Date: 2008-02-12 Access Your PC from Anywhere Here’s how it works: You simply log on to GoToMyPC and your office desktop instantly appears on that computer. It’s so easy! You have full access to all your files, programs, email and network. Date: 2008-02-06 How Web Marketing And Cooking Are Alike My wife is a great cook. Not just good. She's an outstanding cook. I mean restaurant quality. When we first got married, she learned that I loved Indian food, so she started making Indian food at home. Date: 2008-01-31 The Essential Business Tool for 2008 It only takes a few minutes to start your first Lotus Sametime Unyte online meeting. Whether you need to present to one client, a sales force or hundreds of people - no worries, we've got what you need. So even the smallest companies can run online meetings – with no downloads, no training and no need to call IT for help. Date: 2008-01-29 7 Secrets to Follow-Up Success Are you one of the 99% of small businesses who do not consistently follow-up...and leave untold sums on the table? By applying the secrets in our Free Report, you can become a marketing expert and maximize your sales. Date: 2008-01-22 Google Webmaster Tools Geo Targeting I've been meaning to write about this for quite some time. In my opinion this has the potential to really rock the boat for multi-language, multi-country SEO. Date: 2008-01-17 Social Marketing Campaign Success Two elements are critical to the success of any social marketing campaign. The first element is one that just about everyone is good at - The size of your network. Date: 2008-01-02 |
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