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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - For newer sites, web marketing depends on titles & links!
- We all start out the same. Some have budgets, some don't. The one true factor out there is that we all want to expose our business. For 99% of us, starting out in the world of web marketing means a few things:A huge learning curveEndless nights workingTrial & ErrorLearning the ropesCompared to older more established sites ou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 tips for a successful website
- Have you ever thought the secret behind the success of most of the famous sites. Do you ask yourself these questions. Why do they get so many clicks?Why they are making so much money and i am not?Why only few web sites succeed and most of others fail?Just stop questioning and start reading.Here i am gonna give you some of the top tip that most of the successful web sites use.1. Do yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The road to better results
- A lot has changed in the way sites are optimized for search engines since last year. For one thing, Google is not the only search engine worth looking into anymore; Yahoo has definitely managed to take away some of Google's oomph over the past twelve months. Another important change is that the intelligence of the search engine spiders and algorithms has increased dramatically. So without further ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Have you got your ear to the ground or your head in the sand?
- What happened on your website yesterday? What about last week or last month? How about in the past hour? How many visitors come to your website as a result of using a search engine? How long do people stay on your website for on average? Which pages do your visitors go to?If you don't know the answer to some or all of these questions you are effectively operating a website blind.This...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You dont know which one
- I still remember it very clear ... It was almost a decade ago that I wrote it in my notebook as an interesting quotation from a famous man at that time and even now and ever. Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet president, shared this so-called joke with some reporters: "Mitterand has 100 lovers. One has AIDS, but he doesn't know which one. Bush has 100 bodyguards. One is a terrorist, but he doesn't know whi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You cant just build a website and hope it works!
- Like any area of business your website needs some effort from you if its going to be successful. You'd be foolish to just build any old website and hope it works. Yet this approach, or rather lack of approach, is still widespread on the internet. Businesses still dont seem to understand what the internet can do to benefit them and their customers. They just dont get it.This is not a new cri...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Website survival guide
- In the big, wide online world there are millions of websites and billions of webpages. In the increasing sprawl of this virtual jungle there must be an evolution. Some of these webpages must grow stronger and thrive whilst others will weaken and die.There are 3 types of websites in this jungle. It's important that you ask yourself which category your website fits into. Your website survival...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How one word or even one letter can boost conversion rates by over 400%!
- Recently I was reviewing the keyword specific conversion rate data of a consulting client of mine. I have been working with this client for a few months now, helping her improve the sales conversion rate of her website and we have had very good results, taking average conversion rates at her site from below 1% to just over 4.3%.(Your sales conversion rate is simply the number of unique visi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why every small business owner needs two websites
- Every small business owner knows that they need a website, right? Well the truth is what they really need is at least two websites.One website that is specific to their business, product, service, name, etc. and...another site that is an educational site specific to the benefits of their service or product.So JoesBaitShop.com tells all about the various lures and tackle you of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 35% revenue increase? from your website!
- 2 Golden Rules for an Engaging Website35% of visitors fail to achieve their goal when they visit company websites! By following 2 simple rules, you can increase your web-derived revenue by 1/3 or more!Renowned website usability researcher, Jakob Nielsen, today (Nov 24) published results of his latest study. His test subjects used 139 websites. On average, they failed to find what the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Whats your business online attitude?
- This article was prompted by some customer support work I was involved in for a private members site. One of the paid subscription members wanted someone to look over his website and give an opinion of what we thought of its design.It was clear from the email that they had been online for a while (over 3 years) but hadn't seen any results from their efforts and were frustrated. Understandab...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - High quality website at low cost
- Although designing a great web site is an important part of developing a successful online business, it is often becomes a problem for newcomers to the internet business.The vulgar problem is the lack of money. It usually costs from $500 up to $3000 or even more to develop a professional perfect looking website; but what to do if you don't have such a lamp of money?Of course you can ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your website should be selling
- It may come as some surprise to a traditionally off-line business that their website should be attracting new sales, or at least supporting the sales they have made. There is a common misconception that a website is more of a cost than an asset. When I ask companies why they would like a website the common answer is, "I don't know?" It seems to me that having a website is more of a refle...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Product promoting: getting the response
- When you publish a content site there are times when affiliate products are not the only products you want to recommend.Situations when you'll find you'll want to promote a non-affiliate businesses' product(s).So you'll have to set out to ask permission to do so.And when you request to use other businesses' copyrighted material, such as graphics or content, you want to be cert...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Maximizing roi via web site traffic analysis
- We are clearly well past the innocent "golden age" of the Internet ? Darwinian economics have become the order of the day today. Any company worth their salt must maintain a web site as an information resource and/or to generate incremental ecommerce revenue. Qualified traffic is the name of the game, as it's the oxygen that keeps a good ecommerce web site thriving. Consequently, it's ve...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 killer ways to increase your online sales
- Every online entrepreneur I talk to is asking the same question, "How do I increase my online sales, NOW?"Online selling is essentially a numbers game. The more visitors to a site, the more sales that site will make. The number of sales made divided by the total number of visitors to a site is called the conversion rate. A typical site will have a conversion rate of between 1 and 2 percent,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Developing a website: 10 tips for getting started
- 1. Be clear on your purpose.Building a website can be a long and arduous procedure if you are not sure what you are doing. However, if you have a clear focus as to what you expect your website to do for your business/organization, things will flow much more smoothly. The purpose can be anything from selling widgets online to keeping members of your soccer team updated. Regardless, fi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Search engines and customers want focused web site content
- How do you decide on the content, products and or services you will promote on your Web site.Or should I go back one step further and ask why did you decide to create a website in the first place.Just thought I would ask to see if you are still on track or if your Web site has strayed away from the original reason, product or service you started promoting.We all know of the im...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do dancers need a website?
- Dance is how you pamper your soul and satiate your creativity. Mesmerized and overwhelmed with the pleasure that the dancer relishes while dancing, often there are some practical aspects that tend to get overlooked. As a dancer you might think: Why do I need a website at all? There is nothing I have to advertize!" That is not really so. As a dancer myself, I discovered the amazing advantages of ha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Establishing your web presence
- Part of the success of most home-based businesses is their web presence. After all, you want to benefit from the global exposure, reduced marketing expenses, and low entry costs. But to receive those benefits, you must first get your web site off the ground which means you need to select an effective domain name and find reliable web hosting.The tips below can help you accomplish both goals...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is sql?
- What is SQL? SQL stands for Structured Query Language and is the lingua franca in the database world. SQL is a standard that is used by all database vendors and programmers to define, extract and access the information that is stored in databases. SQL began life as an IBM creation but was standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Organization for Standa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get to know people through websites
- Web sites are not just places to sell things; they are a medium where people can get insight into other people's lives. Take the musician Xavier Rudd for example. I recently saw this guy play at a concert and had never previously heard his music. He was really cool, literally blowing me away with his many skills, beautiful music, positive energy, and humble attitude. So being thus affected, I deci...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Find the purpose of your new / proposed website
- Absolutely everything stems from the purpose of your website - selection of hosting, programming, graphic design, copywriting, internet marketing, autoresponder service, and e-commerce. So it's very important to establish the purpose of your business website first. The most common purposes for a business website are:* A company brochure: explain to customers (or potential customers), suppli...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet marketing website promotion -the 7 biggest mistakes i see people make with websites!
- 1. Many people are not getting good or complete advice. Often for example people don't understand all the concepts of Internet Marketing and having a website so they simply pay to have a website developed. Often this website may look good but it falls far short in the area of being "search engine friendly". This is typically because many businesses that deal with the web are very one track focused...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writing effective alt text for images
- Anyone who knows anything about web accessibility knows that images need alternative, or ALT, text assigned to them. This is because screen readers can't understand images, but rather read aloud the alternative text assigned to them. In Internet Explorer we can see this ALT text, simply by mousing over the image and looking at the yellow tooltip that appears. Other browsers (correctly) don't do th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Free isnt always good - 5 reasons why you need your own website
- Often time I've browsed sites and seen the same thing - general rep websites or free hosted sites. Pop ups irritate me from the free sites as does the blatant ads getting in the way of the text, and if you have seen one rep site you literally have seen them all. Boring, unoriginal, and unprofessional.But after all they are free, and free is good right? Wrong - not when it comes to your imag...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get a knock out website!
- The first step in setting up an online business...Starting an online business for a brand new entrepreneur is a lot like falling in love for the first time. There is enthusiasm, the feeling of a new high in life and determination to make it work at all costs. All superior emotions, but making sure that your business grows will also take a sharp reality check. The reality is that along with ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How did you get here?
- When marketing your website, it's important to know which of your efforts are producing results and which of them are a waste of time.You can learn a lot about this by analyzing your website's statistics (assuming your webhost offers this service).However, even with the best statistics programs, it can be difficult to determine where exactly your visitors are coming from. Did they ar...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Planning your website for success
- Most people know they need a website in order to publicise and promote their business but very few people know what they want in their website. Fewer still are those who can actually sit down and plan their websites well.If you don't plan ahead, problems will crop up later.For example, who is going to take care of the website? What are the costs involved? Will you have the time to ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Web development processes and technical environments
- The process of Web application development is critical to the success of web-based projects. The proper processes can not be enforced unless technical environments are properly setup. Technical environments are required for development, test and production.Web applications architecture ( http://www.sysoptima.net/architecture/technical_architecture.php ) is typically in 3-tiers. Applications...