Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Small Business Marketing...Why Tracking Your Traffic Is A Must!http://bit.ly/btUncM
Internet Marketing For Local Milton Businesses [blog] http://bit.ly/9NhzdC
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
Honestly...to create success all you need is these steps. [blog] http://bit.ly/bsy1ts
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
Marketing Planning Local Milton Businesses - 7 Steps To Optimized Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t
video shows you how to do keyword and market research for your business http://bit.ly/bFMT7n

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Why It Is Important To Create A Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Using Blogs for Small businesses as a marketing strategy==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
What Should You Know When Adding Graphics to your Small Business Website?==>>http://bit.ly/bpjXlb
Finding Blog Topics to Blog About http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Doing Market Research For Your Small Business – Tutorial[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Internet Marketing For Network Marketers[blog] http://bit.ly/aA1d2t
Today tell someone you appreciate them!
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself. - Michael Johnson
Before You Choose A Domain Name For Your Business Read This===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn

Monday, November 8, 2010

Branding Your Small Business For Success [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Using Blogs For Local Business Marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Do You Do Market Research For Your Local Business [pls comment] ==>> http://bit.ly/abjHkV
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour. - Anonymous
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.- Zig Ziglar
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.- Thomas A. Ediso
Are you using Facebook the right way to market? [blog] http://bit.ly/bUaJTw
You can't have mlm success without first branding you[blog] http://bit.ly/bkqli4
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it. Wayne Dyer
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life. Wayne Dyer

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Using Blogs For Local Business Marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Branding Your Small Business For Success [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Want To Start A Blog But Not An Expert In Your Niche- Read These Blogging Tips To Becoming One http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Small Business Marketing Plan – Choosing Domain Name===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Creating A Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Using Blogs For Local Business Marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. -Jim Rohn
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama
Marketing Planning Local Milton Businesses - 7 Steps To Optimized Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Quick tutorial on market research[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
How To Get Free Leads http://dld.bz/kvp3

Friday, November 5, 2010

Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Personal Goal Setting; The Foundation for Long-Term Wealth [blog] http://bit.ly/ckS7px
Branding Your Small Business For Success [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Social Media Advertising...The next big thing [blog] http://bit.ly/cdtcQj
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.- Michael Johnson
Promotional Advertising – E-mail Follow-up Sequences http://bit.ly/aSGRUZ
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. - Henry David Thoreau
Are You the Internet Business Entrepreneur Type? [blog] http://bit.ly/bsQoJw
Analyzing Your Small Business Marketing Efforts with Google is a Musthttp://bit.ly/btUncM
Entrepreneurship 5 reasons why take the plunge [blog] http://bit.ly/c8Bz32
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.- Dale Carnegie
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.- Anna Quindlen
Finding Blog Topics to Blog About http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
I believe that every person is born with talent. Maya Angelou
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou
Right Domain Name To Rank Your Business Website On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Building On A Budget Review - Is It Worth Your Time? [blog] http://bit.ly/cGLYyy
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. - Demosthenes
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. - Ann Landers
Why using blogs is good marketing strategy for Small Businesses==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Business Branding Why Its Crucial [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Is internet marketing nothing but a big scam [blog] http://bit.ly/aVivXL
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. Jim Rohn
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
3 reason not to spend your cash on biz Opp leads [blog] http://bit.ly/bkGBMm
Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.- Christy Borgeld
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
Introduction to Internet marketing for local Milton businesses [blog] http://bit.ly/9NhzdC
The easy tricks to success with your e-business [blog] http://bit.ly/bsy1ts
Small Business Marketing...Why Tracking Your Traffic Is A Must!http://bit.ly/btUncM
Finding Blog Topics to Blog About http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Learn how to do market research for your business[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
For every entrepreneur a must read! ==>>http://nyti.ms/9ZYqgq
how to do quick market research and find targeted your keywords http://bit.ly/bFMT7n
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."Albert Einstein
How To Choose Optimal Domain Name For Your Business To Rank On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well. Jim Rohn

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Using Blogs For Local Business Marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Making a Website for Small Businesses With Eye-Catching Graphics==>>http://bit.ly/bpjXlb
7 Steps To Creating Optimized Web Presence for Marketing Planning http://bit.ly/918j3t
Advertising and marketing Promotion – Looking for Professional Writers http://bit.ly/dxgBuh
Exploding your Network Marketing Business with Internet marketing[blog] http://bit.ly/aA1d2t
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself. - Michael Johnson

Article: The Right and Wrong Way to Use Social Media Marketing for Blog Growth

The Right and Wrong Way to Use Social Media Marketing for Blog Growth
http://performancing.com/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-use-social-media-marketing-for-blog-growth/

Bloggers, just like businesses, who allow the online conversation to flow and let their audience take control of that conversation and experience that content in their own ways will achieve social media marketing and content marketing success.  However, those bloggers, just like businesses, who try to control the conversation and limit the flow of content across the social web will fail.  I clarify this concept in my book by explaining,

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If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. Jim Rohn

Monday, November 1, 2010

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.- Zig Ziglar
Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Why You Should Do Market Research For Your Greater Toronto Area Business [pls comment] ==>> http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Branding Your Small Business For Success [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Want To Start A Blog But Not An Expert In Your Niche- Read These Blogging Tips To Becoming One http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Are you nothing but a stinky spammer on Facebook...read to find out [blog] http://bit.ly/bUaJTw
Growing your local GTA business with business blogs [pls comment on blog] http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
You can't have mlm success without first branding you[blog] http://bit.ly/bkqli4
How To Choose Optimal Domain Name For Your Business To Rank On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Doing Market Research For Your Small Business – Tutorial[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better - George Bird Evans

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Creating A Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. -Jim Rohn
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
If You're Scared Of Writing Blogs & Articles Read These Blogging Tips http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
How To Choose Optimal Domain Name For Your Business To Rank On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
This article tells you how to get quality leads even if you're broke...Read it http://dld.bz/kvp3

Friday, October 29, 2010

Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
To create success you need to set personal goals... [blog] http://bit.ly/ckS7px
Social media advertising...helping your business? [blog] http://bit.ly/cdtcQj
Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.- Michael Johnson
Why take the plunge in to entrepreneurship...here's some reasons [blog] http://bit.ly/c8Bz32
Why You Should Use Google Analytics for Small Business Marketinghttp://bit.ly/btUncM
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.- Dale Carnegie
7 Steps To Optimizing Your Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Should you even bother with Building on a Budget? [blog] http://bit.ly/cGLYyy
Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Becoming a successful entrepreneur [blog] http://bit.ly/aFOUnI
Using Blogs For Local Business Marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. - Demosthenes
"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." - Gene Hill
Market research = Internet Marketing success...find out why [blog] http://bit.ly/aMqNko
Is internet marketing nothing but a big scam [blog] http://bit.ly/aVivXL
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill
If You're Scared Of Writing Blogs & Articles Read These Blogging Tips http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Doing Market Research For Your Small Business – Tutorial[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Before You Choose A Domain Name For Your Business Read This===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM

Article: The Laws of Brand Focus and Contraction and Why Bloggers Should Care

The Laws of Brand Focus and Contraction and Why Bloggers Should Care
http://performancing.com/the-laws-of-brand-focus-and-contraction-and-why-bloggers-should-care/

I’m a marketer by profession, and one of the basic laws of building a brand tells us that a highly focused brand is stronger in the long-term than an unfocused brand.  In other words, the most powerful brands own a word in people’s minds.

On the other hand, there is another marketing law that tells us it’s better to be the leader in a category than it is to be better.  That’s because the category leader, meaning the brand that is first to enter that market, owns the broad word that defines the category simply by being first.  Later entrants into the category are challenged with the need to differentiate their own brands from the category leader in order to steal market share from that pioneer brand.  For example, Microsoft might own “operating system” in the world of personal computers, but Apple owns “design”.  Apple effectively positioned its brand against the category leader by differentiating its brand as a market challenger that was focused on a very specific part of the category which the leader couldn’t offer as well as Apple could.  The strategy worked for Apple just as it does for many other brands in many other categories.

And guess what?  It works for blogs, too.

If you take a step back from your blog and the social web, you’ll see that your blog is just one within the broader category of blogs and websites that publish content about your blog topic.  There is probably a leader in that category, and there are many, many smaller competitor blogs in that category.  The first step to finding focus for your blog is determining what that area of focus will be, so you can effectively position your blog against your competitors.  What is the category leader doing and how can you bring your own niche expertise to the category to challenge the leader?

Think of it this way — if you write a blog about parenting, then you have a lot of big competition from established blogs and companies with deep pockets and pre-existing brand awareness to work against.  However, if you find your focus and contract your content and brand to that niche, then your chances of finding long-term blogging success are far greater than if you keep a broad brand and try to compete head on with the bigger players in your category.

Looking at the concept of brand focus from another perspective, consider General Motors.  This is a company that focused on the wrong thing for many years.  Upon seeing the dollar signs that selling large, gas-guzzling vehicles like Hummers could bring to the company’s bottom-line, focus shifted to these money-making brands.  Short-term earnings trumped long-term sustainability for General Motors.  When the economy tanked, so did General Motors.  Today, the Hummer brand is nearly gone and General Motors has been vocally touting its new focus on fuel-efficient vehicles for the future.

Suffice it to say, you don’t want your blog to go the way of General Motors, because a bailout for your blog is unlikely.  Instead, make sure you choose an area of focus, your niche, that has long-term potential, so you can stay competitive and hold your position against the market leader and other blogs in your category.

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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Buddha
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. Jim Rohn

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

3 reason not to spend your cash on biz Opp leads [blog] http://bit.ly/bkGBMm
Why It Is Important To Create A Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. - Tom Peters
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.- Christy Borgeld
Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable.They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well - Bonnie Wilcox
The easy tricks to success with your e-business [blog] http://bit.ly/bsy1ts
Keeping A Thumb On Your Small Business Marketing Results with Analyticshttp://bit.ly/btUncM
Introduction to Internet marketing for local Milton businesses [blog] http://bit.ly/9NhzdC
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
“Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.” Anthony Robbins
How to do market research for your online business http://bit.ly/bFMT7n
“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.” Anthony Robbins

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Branding Your Small Business For Success [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Using Blogs For Local Business Marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
How to Make a Website for Small Businesses in Toronto – Using Eye-Catching Graphics==>>http://bit.ly/bpjXlb
Want To Start A Blog But Not An Expert In Your Niche- Read These Blogging Tips To Becoming One http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Exploding your Network Marketing Business with Internet marketing[blog] http://bit.ly/aA1d2t
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself. - Michael Johnson
Today tell someone you appreciate them!
Choosing the Right Domain Name For Your Business===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn

Monday, October 25, 2010

Doing Market Research For Your Greater Toronto Area Business [pls comment] ==>> http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Blogging for your small business==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Why It Is Important To Create A Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.- Thomas A. Ediso
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.- Zig Ziglar
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour. - Anonymous
Marketing Planning - Optimized Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t
Learn how to do market research for your business[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Are you using Facebook the right way to market? [blog] http://bit.ly/bUaJTw
You can't have mlm success without first branding you[blog] http://bit.ly/bkqli4
Why your local Milton business needs a blog [pls comment on blog] http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
"If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either." Unknown
Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it. Wayne Dyer

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Blogging for your small business==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Why It Is Important To Create A Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Finding Blog Topics to Blog About http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Before You Choose A Domain Name For Your Business Read This===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Blogging for your small business==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Why It Is Important To Create A Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. -Jim Rohn
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Internet Marketing On Zero Budget...must read http://dld.bz/kvp3

Friday, October 22, 2010

Getting long-term success through setting goals [blog] http://bit.ly/ckS7px
Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Creating A Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
The Next Big Thing: Social Media Advertising [blog] http://bit.ly/cdtcQj
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.- Michael Johnson
Are you cut out to be an Internet Entrepreneur? [blog] http://bit.ly/bsQoJw
Why people are taking the plunge to entrepreneurship [blog] http://bit.ly/c8Bz32
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.- Anna Quindlen
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.- Dale Carnegie
Why You Should Use Google Analytics for Small Business Marketinghttp://bit.ly/btUncM
Don't Know What to Blog About On Your Business Blog- Tips For Finding Topics http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
How to do market research for your small business[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
I believe that every person is born with talent. Maya Angelou
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou
Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. Maya Angelou
Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Branding Your Small Business For Success [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. - Ann Landers
Why using blogs is good marketing strategy for Small Businesses==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Mike Dillard's Building On A Budget...is it useful? [blog] http://bit.ly/cGLYyy
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. - Demosthenes
Why your business needs market research... [blog] http://bit.ly/aMqNko
Marketing Planning Local Milton Businesses - 7 Steps To Optimized Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. Jim Rohn

Awesome Article: Social Media Marketing – Popularity vs. Trust

Social Media Marketing – Popularity vs. Trust

It can sometimes be a struggle to discuss with clients that it generally doesn’t matter how many followers you have within your Twitter account(s).  Getting a mass of people to click on your “like” button on Facebook isn’t going to make you an instant success either.  Neither of these will nail the issue of trust, either.

When it comes to doing any kind of business online where you use social media as a channel for connecting with your followers, it’s much better to have a small following of loyal fans than a massive following of people that generally don’t care about what you have to say.  There is a stigma that people feel “bigger is better”.  It’s more a matter of showing off for some business owners and it hurts them in the long run.

Read more here:

http://localwebscience.com/2010/10/social-media-marketing-popularity-vs-trust/

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Justyna Lam

Milton, ON
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Using Blogs For Local Business Marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Why you should keep away from buying business opportunity leads [blog] http://bit.ly/bkGBMm
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.- Christy Borgeld
Small Business Marketing...Why Tracking Your Traffic Is A Must!http://bit.ly/btUncM
The easy tricks to success with your e-business [blog] http://bit.ly/bsy1ts
Internet Marketing For Local Milton Businesses [blog] http://bit.ly/9NhzdC
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
Blogging Tips For Small Business Marketing- Doing Your Research http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Great inspirational article for entrepreneurs ==>>http://nyti.ms/9ZYqgq
Doing Market Research For Your Small Business – Tutorial http://bit.ly/bFMT7n
"A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?" Albert Einstein
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."Albert Einstein
What To Do & What To Avoid When Choosing A Domain Name===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Business Blogs - You MUST Feature The Right Categories

When it comes to small business advertising, business blogs play an important part in marketing and creating a trustworthy brand in your niche.  However, when blogging for business, most businesses overlook the structure and fail to feature the right categories for their blog

Think of your business blog as a virtual filing cabinet, if all your content is not categorized correctly or not categorized at all it will be almost impossible for anyone to find any information, no matter how great your content may be.  If its too much trouble for your website visitors to find what they need they will leave and never come back the same goes for those pesky search engine bots, if your content is not neetly organized in the right categories.

Categories should be the most searched general keywords for your niche, you will find these through doing your market research.   Often these are the most competitive keywords in your niche however having your categories named this way will is one of the first steps in on-page SEO and it will help you get your most important keywords always into your url. You also must make sure that your perma-link structure will look similar to this: http://yourseofriendlydomain.com/yourkeywordrichcategory/titleofyourpost

Using the right categories in your business blog not only makes your blog more search engine optimized but it offers a more user friendly experience for your visitors.  They will be able to search your blog for content based on your categories quickly, this means they will stay on your site longer.  Google will note how long visitors spend on your site, therefore the longer your visitors stay on your site the more authority it will appear you have.  This is crucial to Google and will play greatly in your search engine rankings.  

It also allows the search engine bots to crawl your website quicker and easier helping your in the long run in your search engine rankings.  Featuring the right categories will give your content a better chance of being found and indexed by Google and other search engines as well as giving you a stronger chance of being found on the first page of search results.  Not to mention that using the right categories will give your business blogs a professional and organized feel as your content will be more easily found by your website visitors and the search engines. 

User experience should be your first concern when it comes to small business advertising on the Internet.  That's because if your visitors like your content and can easily find the information they are looking for  they will stay longer on your website and you will have the opportunity to create an even stronger relationship and trust with your prospective customers.  Remember that if your visitors find your website valuable and keep coming back, the search engines will also start liking your website and you will start seeing your business blog on the first page of the search engines sooner then you may think.

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Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Using Blogs for Small businesses as a marketing strategy==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Small Business Advertising - Branding Using Synnd Content Syndication Networkhttp://bit.ly/c90zYF
What Should You Know When Adding Graphics to your Small Business Website?==>>http://bit.ly/bpjXlb
Video shows you how to do quick market research for your business[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Internet Marketing For Network Marketers[blog] http://bit.ly/aA1d2t
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself. - Michael Johnson

Monday, October 18, 2010

Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Doing Market Research For Your Greater Toronto Area Business [pls comment] ==>> http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.- Zig Ziglar
Blogging Tips For Small Business Marketing- Doing Your Research http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Growing your local GTA business with business blogs [pls comment on blog] http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Your Brand comes before success in mlm[blog] http://bit.ly/bkqli4
Are you nothing but a stinky spammer on Facebook...read to find out [blog] http://bit.ly/bUaJTw
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Right Domain Name To Rank Your Business Website On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life. Wayne Dyer

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Branding Your Small Business For Success [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Marketing Planning Local Milton Businesses - 7 Steps To Optimized Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t

Article: Blogging Strategically Not Tactically And 5 Steps to Do It

Awesome blog worth reading and implementing for both offline and online businesses!

Blogging Strategically Not Tactically And 5 Steps to Do It
http://performancing.com/blogging-strategically-not-tactically-and-5-steps-to-do-it/

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Justyna Lam

Milton, ON
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Article: Injecting Poison Into Your Brain

Great article by Jeff Walker about how the media is molding our brains to think and believe the worst of humanity and our economy.... This is exactly the reason I don't watch TV... A must read for any entrepreneur!

Injecting Poison Into Your Brain
http://jeffwalker.com/injecting-poison-in-your-brain/

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Justyna Lam

Milton, ON
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Business Branding Why Its Crucial [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Using Blogs for Small businesses as a marketing strategy==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. -Jim Rohn
Using Synnd For Local Business Branding - Small Business Advertising Strategyhttp://bit.ly/c90zYF
Tips For Finding Niche Targeted Topics To Blog About http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Doing Market Research For Your Small Business – Tutorial[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa
Quick Article On Choosing A Domain Name To Rank Highly On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
This article tells you how to get quality leads even if you're broke...Read it http://dld.bz/kvp3

Friday, October 15, 2010

Advertising on social media==>> [blog] http://bit.ly/cdtcQj
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.- Michael Johnson
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Creating A Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. - Henry David Thoreau
Promotional Marketing – E-mail Follow-up Sequences http://bit.ly/aSGRUZ
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein
Local Small Business Marketing - Are You Using Google Analytics?http://bit.ly/btUncM
Entrepreneurship 5 reasons why take the plunge [blog] http://bit.ly/c8Bz32
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.- Dale Carnegie
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.- Anna Quindlen
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Using Blogs for Small businesses as a marketing strategy==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Should you even bother with Building on a Budget? [blog] http://bit.ly/cGLYyy
Business Branding Why Its Crucial [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. - Ann Landers
Entrepreneurial success...what does it take? [blog] http://bit.ly/aFOUnI
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. - Demosthenes
Can internet marketing work for your business...on is it a wast of your time and money? [blog] http://bit.ly/aVivXL
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill
Market research = Internet Marketing success...find out why [blog] http://bit.ly/aMqNko
Blogging Tips For Small Business Marketing- Doing Your Research http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Right Domain Name To Rank Your Business Website On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Buddha
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. Jim Rohn

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

3 Reasons Why Business Opportunity Leads They Suck! [blog] http://bit.ly/bkGBMm
Blogging for your small business==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Branding Your Small Business For Success [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. - Tom Peters
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.- Christy Borgeld
Content Syndication Network for Small Business Brandinghttp://bit.ly/c90zYF
Analyzing Your Small Business Marketing Efforts with Google is a Musthttp://bit.ly/btUncM
Using the internet to grow you local GTA business [blog] http://bit.ly/9NhzdC
The easy tricks to success with your e-business [blog] http://bit.ly/bsy1ts
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
Video shows you how to do quick market research for your business[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Marketing Planning - Optimized Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t
Tutorial shows you how to do market and keyword research http://bit.ly/bFMT7n
Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well. Jim Rohn

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Creating A Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Why using blogs is good marketing strategy for Small Businesses==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Are Your Flashy Graphics Hurting Your Website conversions?==>>http://bit.ly/bpjXlb
Finding Blog Topics to Blog About http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Internet Marketing Strategies For Local Businesses - Local Directories http://bit.ly/cxtE6i
Advertising Promo – Looking for Professional Writers http://bit.ly/dxgBuh
Why network marketers should use Internet to market[blog] http://bit.ly/aA1d2t
Today tell someone you appreciate them!
How To Choose Optimal Domain Name For Your Business To Rank On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. Jim Rohn

Monday, October 11, 2010

Using Blogs For Local Business Marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.- Zig Ziglar
Business Branding Why Its Crucial [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Do Market Research For Your Mississauga Business [pls comment] ==>> http://bit.ly/abjHkV
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour. - Anonymous
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.- Thomas A. Ediso
Growing your local GTA business with business blogs [pls comment on blog] http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Facebook Marketing - Are You Spamming Or Marketing? [blog] http://bit.ly/bUaJTw
Your brand is what creates your mlm success[blog] http://bit.ly/bkqli4
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it. Wayne Dyer

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Business Branding Why Its Crucial [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Small Business Advertising - Branding Using Synnd Content Syndication Networkhttp://bit.ly/c90zYF
Don't Know What to Blog About On Your Business Blog- Tips For Finding Topics http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Video shows you how to do quick market research for your business[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Before You Choose A Domain Name For Your Business Read This===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. -Jim Rohn
Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Your Marketing Planning to Optimize Your Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
This article tells you how to get quality leads even if you're broke...Read it http://dld.bz/kvp3

Friday, October 8, 2010

Social media advertising...helping your business? [blog] http://bit.ly/cdtcQj
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Branding, Why You Should Start Building Your Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Personal Goal Setting; The Foundation for Long-Term Wealth [blog] http://bit.ly/ckS7px
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.- Michael Johnson
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.- Dale Carnegie
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.- Anna Quindlen
Why You Should Use Google Analytics for Small Business Marketinghttp://bit.ly/btUncM
Why people are taking the plunge to entrepreneurship [blog] http://bit.ly/c8Bz32
I believe that every person is born with talent. Maya Angelou
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou
Targeting Local Directories For Internet Marketing Strategies http://bit.ly/cxtE6i
Tips For Finding Niche Targeted Topics To Blog About http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Choosing the Right Domain Name For Your Business===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Building On A Budget Review - Is It Worth Your Time? [blog] http://bit.ly/cGLYyy
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Why It Is Important To Create A Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. - Demosthenes
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. - Ann Landers
Content Syndication Network for Small Business Brandinghttp://bit.ly/c90zYF
Internet Marketing - Does it Really Work? [blog] http://bit.ly/aVivXL
Market Research Why Is It Crucial To Internet Marketing [blog] http://bit.ly/aMqNko
Quick tutorial on market research[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. Jim Rohn

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Business Branding Why Its Crucial [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Why you should keep away from buying business opportunity leads [blog] http://bit.ly/bkGBMm
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.- Christy Borgeld
Using Blogs for Small businesses as a marketing strategy==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
The 3 not so secret steps to hitting it big with your internet business [blog] http://bit.ly/bsy1ts
Analyzing Your Small Business Marketing Efforts with Google is a Musthttp://bit.ly/btUncM
Internet Marketing For Local Milton Businesses [blog] http://bit.ly/9NhzdC
Don't Know What to Blog About On Your Business Blog- Tips For Finding Topics http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Got to read entrepreneur article! ==>>http://nyti.ms/9ZYqgq
"A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?" Albert Einstein
how to do quick market research and find targeted your keywords http://bit.ly/bFMT7n
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."Albert Einstein
“Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.” Anthony Robbins
“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.” Anthony Robbins
Right Domain Name To Rank Your Business Website On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Creating A Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Are Your Flashy Graphics Hurting Your Website conversions?==>>http://bit.ly/bpjXlb
Your Marketing Planning to Optimize Your Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t
Introduction to Internet marketing for Network Marketers[blog] http://bit.ly/aA1d2t
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself. - Michael Johnson

Article: 10 Tips For Entrepreneurs And Start Ups Looking To Embrace Social Media

10 Tips For Entrepreneurs And Start Ups Looking To Embrace Social Media
http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2010/09/22/10-tips-for-entrepreneurs-and-start-ups-looking-to-embrace-social-media/


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10 Tips For Entrepreneurs And Start Ups Looking To Embrace Social Media

Posted on Jan 11th, 2009 by Niall Harbison

I’ve been involved in a couple of start ups over the last couple of years and in both, due to having very limited marketing budgets, social media has been the main form of our marketing activities. This is the same for nearly all starts ups these days, social media is often the first port of call as it is cheap (often seen as free), accessible and fairly easy for founders and small teams to embrace. It’s a fairly logical step to start promoting your start up through social media because most entrepreneurs will have a decent personal network anyway so getting the message out to them is a next logical step. I wanted to share 10 of the top tips that I have picked up about using social media for start up businesses…

You Have Incredible Freedom

Many large organizations are crippled these days because getting one Facebook update, a tweet or blog post has to pass through several departments before getting sign off from legal. The beauty of being a start up is that you don’t face these challenges. Whatever you feel like saying you can pretty much just say, You can give people sneak access to products, share interesting facts about your company, do short videos or talk to your customers in the way you see fit. As a start up you have the incredible luxury of being able to push your message out and engage in the way you see fit with very few limitations. Embrace that freedom and share useful information that big competitors can’t.

It Won’t Be A 3 Month Quick Win

I’d always urge start ups to take a long term view on social media. Chances are you won’t get much out of it in the first 3 months. Nobody will read your blog, your Facebook page will have a few friends and family as fans and it’ll feel as if you are talking to yourself on Twitter. Building a network takes a lot of time. It’s only after a year or two of networking online and building relationships that you start to see the real value. Most start ups and businesses jump in to social media thinking it will solve all their problems only to be disappointed by the results and leave. The one piece of advice I would have here is to really stick at it because it will work in the long run but it takes time and patience.

Social Media Won’t Help Your Traffic That Much

Too many start ups I see use social media purely as a function to drive traffic to their website. Special offers, discount deals, pointing to blog posts with awards or just coming in with the hard sell will never get you anywhere. You need to find an angle. I love small start ups that share stats for example or give me a glimpse behind the scenes of what they are building. I like to know about the personalities behind the company. I won’t click on a Facebook update where you try to sell me something but if you show me a picture of you and the team drinking beers after a hard week chances are I might interact with that content. For all the talk of social search and Twitter driving traffic it is still very much about search engines if it is traffic you are after, chances are 70-80% of your traffic will come through search engines with tiny amounts coming through social media.

Ask Yourself Will It Actually Drive Sales?

Business is fairly straight forward…you need to bring more money in than you have going out. If you are going to be spending money or time on social media then you need to ask yourself the hard question of is it actually going to lead to sales. This may seem confusing given that I say not to come across with the hard sell in the last point but at the same time you can’t be doing social media for the good of your health. If you have set out to market yourself using social media then you need to set some goals. Will the fact that you provide outstanding customer service via Twitter keep your customers loyal and mean they keep coming back to you? Can you give away lots of information that is useful to your customers via a blog so as they keep coming back and eventually buy your premium services or products. I’d have very clear established goals as to what you want to achieve from your social media activity as a start up and I would plan for them over a long period of time.

Don’t Get In To Thinking Social Media Is Work

I cringe at the amount of time I see some people involved in startups on Twitter every day. I was guilty of it myself in the early days but it’s important to remember that twitter is not work. Sure you can use it in some of the ways above to get a little bit of leverage for your business but sitting on there all day reading links and talking to people is not actually working. I know it sounds very obvious but too many people lose sight of that and get caught up in social media. It is as it’s name sugg

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Article: Small Business News: Social Media and the Entrepreneur

Small Business News: Social Media and the Entrepreneur
http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/09/small-business-news-social-media-and-the-entrepreneur.html


Small Business News: Social Media and the Entrepreneur

Social media and entrepreneurship represent the perfect partnership in today’s small business world. Free and easy to operate social media tools have made it possible for almost anyone with an idea and the willingness to work to create their own dream small business. What is it you would like to do? There’s probably already a social media tool to help you do it.

Social Media Startup

A social media startup guide. Ever wondered how effective social media really is at helping you grow your business or start it in the first place? Sian Phillips doesn’t. Not anymore. In this post, Sian recounts how she started her consulting business and already had her first clients by the end of her first week with no other effort than starting a blog and launching accounts on Twitter and Facebook. How’s that for ROI? Bloggertone

Facebook ads revisited. Facebook ads are the latest and greatest online small business advertising and marketing tool since…well, since Google Adsense. We’ve reported on them here at Small Business Trends before, of course, but this post from online marketig consultant Chris Piepho may give the most comprehensive overview of all. Small Business Shift

Building a community for your business with Twitter. Twitter may have just 140 little characters per post, but the impact it can have on your business is enormous. How can you use those 140 characters plus other neat tools to build a community around you brand? Check out this awesome primer that shows how entrepreneurs can use this amazing free tool to change their business operations forever.  Search Engine Journal

Entrepreneurship

Keeping your entrepreneurial focus. Keeping yourself on track whole working to start your company can be one of the hadest challenges you face as an entrepreneur. So many distractions compete for your time, others who, perhaps, would like to harness some of your talent for their vision. Student and entrepreneur Zack Shapiro has these helpful words about creating a “filter” for your entrepreneurial focus that keeps you from spreading yourself too thin.The Startup Student

How many hats do you wear in your small business? We’re guessing if your like a lot of startup entrepreneurs it’s probably a lot. There’s providing your product or service. (That’s the easy part and the reason you got into business in the first place) and then there’s everything else. There’s no way of delegating when you’re a solopreneur meaning you’re the only one in the office and there’s no money for outsourcing. Montreal Financial

Marketing

Don’t let blogging create another stressful aspect of your business. Sure, blogging for your business is important, critical maybe. Getting your message out and engaging with others you find on the World Wide Web can really get results but don’t let your blogging create stress or siphon off energy that should be spent on your core business. Fortunately, busy business blogger Kiesha Easley has a solution that will increase your productivity. bizchickblogs.com

To “like” or not to “like,” that is the question. And a lot of people visiting your Facebook profile today are taking too much time to answer it. Those fans could represent new sales or new referrals or both. So what do you do? There are ways to build up your Facebook following. Let’s look at one strategy. The Torch

Are you abusing social media marketing? There are rights and wrongs when it comes to use of social media…and when it comes to just about every other aspect of business as well. The price you will pay for breaking these rules is a poor reputation with many of your potential customers and perhaps even some negative reaction on the social Web that will keep spreading long after your bad behavior. It seems hard to believe that marketers doing any of the things mentioned in the post above aren’t aware what they are doing is wrong. But it’s best to remember that you reputation is always important online or off so don’t start down this path. KISSmetrics

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It’s still about the content. From blogging to social media to SEO for your site, it’s important for online entrepreneurs to keep in mind that every aspect of your business still relies on content. Seems obvious, right? When is the last time you visited a site and was impressed by the lack of content there? Keeping content fresh is the key to your social media ills. MySEMExpert

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How to get found on Google. If a tree falls in the woods, the old saying goes, but no one is there to hear it, did it really make a sound at all? The same can be said of content on your Website or products or services you offer customers if no one ever finds your tiny site in the ocean of Google search results we are all deluged with daily. Fortunately there are ways to improve your Google ranking that aren’t rocket science. inBlurbs

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Doing Market Research For Your Greater Toronto Area Business [pls comment] ==>> http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Business Branding Why Its Crucial [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Using Blogs for Small businesses as a marketing strategy==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.- Zig Ziglar
Content Syndication Network for Small Business Brandinghttp://bit.ly/c90zYF
Your Dog's Needs http://bit.ly/9vvlMM
If You're Scared Of Writing Blogs & Articles Read These Blogging Tips http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Local Directories as Part Of Internet Marketing Strategies http://bit.ly/cxtE6i
Doing Market Research For Your Small Business – Tutorial[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website [pls comment on blog] http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Branding, Why Its Crucial For MLM Success?[blog] http://bit.ly/bkqli4
Are you nothing but a Facebook spammer? [blog] http://bit.ly/bUaJTw
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Right Domain Name To Rank Your Business Website On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better - George Bird Evans

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Blogging for your small business==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Why It Is Important To Create A Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. -Jim Rohn

Small Business Online Advertising Through Social Network Development

When it comes to small business advertising your best business prospects usually come through networking in your local community.  This is true for online advertising for offline businesses as well.  Your best prospects will come through your social network.  Often when it comes to online advertising and social networks many entrepreneurs will quickly come to think about social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, which is correct but not the whole spectrum of social network development via the Internet.

Social network development through online sources includes anything in the web 2.0 circle.  Web 2.0 includes social networks like blogs (Wordpress or Blogger, Posterous), micro-blogging sites like Twitter, status update sites like Facebook and MySpace, news voting sites (Digg, Reddit, Mixx), bookmarking sites (Delicious,Google Bookmarks, Dijingo), video sharing sites (Youtube, Viddler), article directories (Ezine Article, GoArticles) and forums.  In order to create a strong Social Network and your Business Brand  ideally you want to implement all the Web 2.0 social networks.  An aggressive online advertising strategy like this will show your potential customers your professionalism and separating yourself from your competition, since most small local businesses do not implement even one of these powerful online networks in their small business advertising strategies.

There are countless social networks that you can use for online advertising of your business and it can be overwhelming at first but luckily it all can be tied together by using some very simple and inexpensive tools.  

The first is a free tool called Posterous, this is itself a blogging platform but the beauty of Posterous is that you can integrate all of your blogs, micro-blogging platforms and status sites on the Posterous network, and with just one e-mail you can distribute content to your Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter accounts and blogs.  This network will help you develop a stronger social network for your niche because  it enables you to reach your market on multiple social media platforms.

My other favorite tool that I use to help with my social network development is Synnd.  Synnd allows me to reach social news voting sites, bookmarking sites, article directories all from one control panel.  I do have to mention that this is a paid tool  but it is worth every penny and more.  This is what ultimately helps you gain visibility on the Internet and help you with ranking highly on search engines like Google.  It saves you the trouble of bookmarking or voting for your own content, which is often frowned upon by the voting and bookmarking sites, and it gets your content real votes from actual.  No black-hat tactics of creating multiple accounts on any of these social networks and spamming your content. 

With these two tools online advertising through social network development becomes quick easy.  All you have to do is to regularly create great niche specific content and distribute it using these two tools.  If this too seems like work for you, you can always designate this crucial marketing strategy to one of your employees or higher a social media manager, like myself, to do all this for you.   You also have to remember when it comes to the platforms like Twitter and Facebook you will have to, once in a while go in there and interact with your audience, but this is a task that you can too outsource, but first I suggest you try it yourself... you may enjoy it.

Without implementing and being visible in these social networks you may be missing a wide range of customers that turn to the Internet, and these networks, when looking for products/services in you niche market.  When it comes to online advertising you want to be everywhere that your potential market is.  This also will help you gain more search engine visibility giving your site more authority than that of your local competitors who are not using the online strategy of social network development. 

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Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
Don't Know What to Blog About On Your Business Blog- Tips For Finding Topics http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa
What To Do & What To Avoid When Choosing A Domain Name===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
How To Get Free Leads http://dld.bz/kvp3

Friday, October 1, 2010

Creating A Small Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Social Media Advertising...The next big thing [blog] http://bit.ly/cdtcQj
Small businesses need blogs as part of online marketing==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Setting the foundation for success [blog] http://bit.ly/ckS7px
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.- Michael Johnson
Why people are taking the plunge to entrepreneurship [blog] http://bit.ly/c8Bz32
Small Business Advertising - Branding Using Synnd Content Syndication Networkhttp://bit.ly/c90zYF
Local Small Business Marketing - Are You Using Google Analytics?http://bit.ly/btUncM
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.- Anna Quindlen
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.- Dale Carnegie
7 Steps To Optimizing Your Web Presence http://bit.ly/918j3t
Video shows you how to do quick market research for your business[vid tutorial] ==>>http://bit.ly/abjHkV
Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. Maya Angelou
Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Why It Is Important To Create A Business Brand [pls comment] ==>>http://bit.ly/93Esmp
Should you even bother with Building on a Budget? [blog] http://bit.ly/cGLYyy
Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
Entrepreneurial success...what does it take? [blog] http://bit.ly/aFOUnI
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. - Ann Landers
Your Dog's Needs http://bit.ly/9vvlMM
"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." - Gene Hill
Market Research Why Is It Crucial To Internet Marketing [blog] http://bit.ly/aMqNko
Can internet marketing work for your business...on is it a wast of your time and money? [blog] http://bit.ly/aVivXL
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill
Internet Marketing Strategies For Local Businesses - Local Directories http://bit.ly/cxtE6i
Want To Start A Blog But Not An Expert In Your Niche- Read These Blogging Tips To Becoming One http://bit.ly/aYn5zu
Quick Article On Choosing A Domain Name To Rank Highly On Google===>>http://bit.ly/dpk4YM
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. Jim Rohn
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Buddha

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Google Local Business Listings Scam

Last night I got a strange call to my local business here in Milton Ontario, I started a dog walking service, from someone claiming to be actually from Google Local Business Listings.  There were some funny things going on with my Google Places listing so I thought great here is my chance to get answers from the horses mouth.

To make a long story short these people claimed that my business was not showing up in the Google maps or on the first page of Google for that matter for my keyword terms and offered SEO services in order to give my site visibility.  The strange thing about this whole conversation was that ... 

I am ranking for all my keywords on the first page of Google results, not first place in them but my site is, at the time of this post, less then a month old.  I was doing these searches in real time as, I was talking to these people and they kept on insisting that I was not ranking when my local results were telling me otherwise.

The first clue that these are not actual Google is that they referred themselves as Google Local Busines Listings, but Google changed this recently to Google Places.  Someone from Google would not make this mistake.

The second is that Google doesn't call any one to solicit services, lets face it business comes flocking to Google. The only time Google contacts you is to verify your Google Places or to tell you that you violated the terms of use of your Google Adwords and your account has been terminated.  

The third clue, they kept pushing on their SEO services, lets face it Google sells advertising and they don't sell website optimization services.

I was lucky I know exactly where my website stands, what SEO needs to be done for it to rank and which keywords I should be ranking for, but many local businesses are not this knowledgeable about how to market on the Internet and get search engine visibility.  So be wary of someone calling you and claiming to be from Google.  

They will throw a lot of words like keywords, keyword research tools before you trust these people get the advice of someone you trust.  Check the results yourself on Google and use their free Google keyword tool, it will tell you exactly which words for your niche are most searched, what your traffic estimation will be and may other useful things.  Don't just trust someone to your research first and do ask your webmaster for advice and communicate with them, they know their craft and they will tell you the truth.

Also be aware that if you have a new website that you are trying to rank you will not see results right away.  It is all dependant on your competition and their strength.  It will take time and effort to rank your new business website and expect the rank of your site to fluctuate for a few months (this is known as the Google dance) until the Search Engines index enough pages and trust your website.

Never trust any one who tells you that they can get your site ranking fast, most likely they are using black hat SEO methods to build links to your website that could get your site blacklisted from Google forever.  

Remember trust your instincts, scammers pray on your fears and greed, so ask lots of question, double check your information and ask someone you trust who understands SEO for advice.  There are a lot of legitimate SEO companies out there so do your research before you give anyone your money or access to your website.  Most will be honest with you and will tell you straight out what they will do for you and what you should expect.  

No legitimate SEO company will ever guarantee the results since they do not have control over what Google does with their search engine.  They will only guarantee their work.

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If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. - Tom Peters
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Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable.They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well - Bonnie Wilcox
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Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Blogging for your small business==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
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Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself. - Michael Johnson
Today tell someone you appreciate them!
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Web Promotoin - Creating Special Reports

There are a lot of effective web promotion strategies for small business advertising but one of the most powerful and most overlooked  is creating special reports, which are then offered on your website free in exchange for your leads e-mails. This is an great way to build your business e-mail list.  I myself am guilty of not overlooking this strategy, mainly out of my own laziness to commit the time in writing one.  The people who do opt into you mailing list in exchange for their contact e-mails are very highly targeted prospects who raised their hand and said "I want to know more."

Another reason for creating special reports is that the report itself is marketing tool that brands you and your business as the leader in the niche and that markets your business products and services in the report itself.  You do this by including links to where they can find out and purchase your products or a call to action to contact you and become your customers.  If your special report offers a lot of value to your business leads chances are high they will take action and become a paying customer.

Alright, you may be asking yourself: "How do I find out what my niche market wants to know?" "What if I don't know the answers to their questions?"

Here's the answer to finding what your niche market wants to know and how to find the answers... you do your Market Research!

Yes there is that Market Research again if you read my previous post most likely you heard me mention market research once or twice before.  That's because it is the foundation to all that you will ever know or need to know to create a killer marketing campaign for your online or 

offline
 business.  If you don't want to do it yourself my team can do it for you just click on Market Research

The easiest way to create a special report is to find about 20 frequently questions asked by your niche market. You then write the answers and informative solutions to these question or problems.  The goal is to educate your prospect, by answering their questions and offering solutions to their problems. Be sure to also strategically include what your products could do for them when it comes to their problems.

Your report should not be more then 10 to 15 pages in length.  It should be completely branded to your company and products and include a resource section perhaps with links to some free resources as well as your paid services or products.

If you don't feel like you have the time to sit down research and write a report, after all you are a busy entrepreneur you can always get hare my professional writers create your special report and add it to your web promotion strategies.

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Monday, September 27, 2010

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Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
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Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it. Wayne Dyer
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life. Wayne Dyer

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Why Use Blogs For Your Milton & GTA Local Business Website==>http://bit.ly/clCWGZ
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Saturday, September 25, 2010

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. -Jim Rohn
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Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. -Jim Rohn
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
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Friday, September 24, 2010

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You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.- Michael Johnson
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