‘Online Marketing’ Archives
Gain Maximum Benefit With A Marketing Plan Strategy
You know the importance of marketing your business. You may even have written a marketing plan and are now implementing it. But is simply marketing your business going to bring you the results you need? Do you have a way to measure the success of your marketing? If your marketing isn't successful, do you know how to find out where you went [...]
Awesome Networking Tool or Complete Timewaster?
There are two schools of thinking when it comes to forums online. Some feel that they are a waste of time and can easily drain your day away. Others feel that they offer fantastic networking opportunities. So who is right? Are forums a timewaster or a great place to network? The answer is both. An online forum is what you make of it. Say you [...]
Article Writing Tips
Writing and creating content for your website is perhaps the single most important marketing and business-building strategy available to online business owners. However, in addition to simply creating content, you want to have your articles read. Articles that are compelling pull the visitor into your website where they’ll continue to search [...]
Get Targeted Traffic To Your Site
Website traffic is good; in fact for many business owners, driving traffic to their website is their primary business - building traffic. And while traffic may be all well and good, what you really want is targeted website traffic. You want the people visiting your website to be potential prospects. You want them to be future customers, not tire [...]
New Things For 2010
I just wanted to let you know about a couple of changes I have made for the new year 2010. First off, I have changed this blog from a Nofollow to a Dofollow and I have added the CommentLuv plugin for wordpress. What does all that mean for you? WordPress 1.5 and above automatically assigns the nofollow attribute to all user-submitted links [...]
Free Advertising for Online Businesses
If you want your business to make you money or even just get off the ground, you’re probably going to have to advertise. For many companies, advertising becomes a huge chunk of the overall budget, but it doesn’t have to be. There are plenty of free or inexpensive ways to let people know about your business and get them coming back. * [...]
Secure Online Payment Systems
In order to do business online, business owners need safe, efficient and effective ways to collect payment. While PayPal might be the most notable and familiar, is it necessarily the best? Let’s take a look at some of the more common secure online payment systems and compare. PayPal – Offers an all-in-one solution so you can accept [...]
Tips to Lure Social Media Traffic to Your Website
Social media is all the rage. Websites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace have become a daily part of mainstream culture. Celebrities tweet, have Facebook pages and everyone seems to be connecting via these online mediums. Business owners are smart to tap into these tools to drive traffic to their sites, yet many are missing the mark. [...]
Promotional Marketing For Your Product
When it comes to promoting a product there are definitely tools and tactics that work best. Much of the success of these tools will depend on when in the promotion cycle they’re implemented, the type of product and of course your target audience. Assuming you’re marketing to an opt-in list, here are a few suggestions for perfect product [...]
Holiday-Prep Your Ecommerce Site
One of the best ways to ensure your business website capitalizes on holiday sales is to take extra care to prep your website before the holiday season is upon you. Not sure what a holiday website prep entails? Simple, just follow these five easy steps. Step #1 - Holiday Search Engine Optimization Assuming your search engine optimization is [...]
