Entries Tagged as 'Online Business'

How to Write an ‘About’ Page

August 1st, 2011 · 6 Comments

Your blog or website About page is one of the most important pages on your site. It is what tells your visitors who you are and what your site is about. This is where you brand yourself and your business. You also build your credibility and establish yourself as an authority with the information you [...]

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Fast, Easy and Free Ways to Build Your Online Presence

November 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

You have a website, but no one seems to know about it. Traffic is light, and sales are non-existent. How can you make people aware of you and your website and start attracting customers? There are online advertising programs, such as Google AdWords, that will put your advertisement in front of searchers looking for keywords [...]

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Domain Registry Scams

October 14th, 2010 · No Comments

If you own any domain names, you may receive letters and emails that try to frighten you into sending money to protect your domains. Don’t fall for them. Here is one of the most common of these predatory practices:

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Does It Take Money to Make Money?

March 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Although most offline businesses require at least some investment, you can start a business on the Internet without any money at all–assuming you already have a computer and access to the Internet.

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Tags: Make Money Online · Online Business

How Not to Market Online

October 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Tags: Marketing · Online Business

Choosing a Great Domain Name

January 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Have you been putting off setting up a web site because you think all of the good dot-coms have been taken? Wrong! There are many great domain names available. Here is how to find the one that is right for your business. Actually, you should register more than one domain name. That does not mean [...]

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SEO Tips from Google

December 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Want to get better search engine rankings for your web site? Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of improving your site to make it more accessible and attractive to the search engines, while also making sure it is useful to human visitors. According to comScore, of the five major search engines, Google accounted for [...]

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Tags: Online Business · SEO

How to Build an Email List

November 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Before we talk about how to build an email list, let’s consider why you would want to do so. When someone comes to your web site, there are several possible actions they can take. Bottom line, though, there are two: they can buy something or not. If they buy something, you have their name and [...]

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Tags: Email · Online Business

Does Google Send You Too Much Traffic?

November 13th, 2008 · 8 Comments

It seems that everyone wants to be #1 in Google, and get the traffic goodness that flows from that. Even if you are not at the top of the search engine rankings, you may find that you get a large percentage of your visitors from Google. That is not necessarily a good thing. There is [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Online Business · Web Traffic

Do You Own Your Name?

October 21st, 2008 · 8 Comments

I got a political brochure in the mail today, and it was a nasty piece of work. Perhaps the worst part is that the URL for their attack web site is the candidate’s name, as in “JohnSmith.com.” Many times, people looking for information will simply enter the name of a person or company followed by [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Online Business · Reputation Management · Social Media