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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eight deadly web site mistakes and how to avoid them
- Creating and maintaining an effective presence on the Web has become increasingly complex and challenging as the power of the Internet as a marketing tool becomes more and more necessary to entrepreneurs and emerging businesses.The good news is that technologies that were only available to the big guys just a couple of years ago - audio, video, ecommerce, e-mail database management applicat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Instant relevant web site content - no its not a bot
- In about the Time it takes to Watch a Reality TV Show (About 1 Hour) I added 10 Pages of Relevant Content to my Web Page without a Bot.Adding content to your Page Fast is Easy with the Use of Free Articles you Can Reprint. The Advantages of using Reprinted Articles1. Dynamic Relevant Content Fast (Search Engines Love Content) 2. Reciprocal Links To You (See Step 6 Thank the Autho...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What your customers say about your site! part 1
- The following is a list of patterns that many visitors follow, and you can use these suggestions to better your site.1. Your visitors often stay for less than 30 seconds. This is a very bad sign! There are a multitude of solutions for this. Often when a visitor leaves that fast, it's because something almost "forced" her (the average e-consumer is in fact a woman!) to leave. Frequent causes...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The most important aspect of writing web copy
- There is an ongoing debate about web copy. Some say that it should be similar to direct mail copy. Others state that is should be written in a more editorial, news offering style. However, both styles work. Both styles generate thousands of dollars of money for the website owners. Why is this?The reason is quite simple really.The reason that both styles work, and work well, is becaus...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You don?t have to be amazon.com to achieve 12% conversion rates!
- That's right. According to a recent study by Nielsen/NetRatings, Amazon.com converts 12.8% of its visitors into sales.Do you know how they do it? (I do?)I'm about to let you in on a little secret that 99% of online marketers (even most of the so called "experts") don't seem to understand?The smartest, most successful online marketers and businesses invest as much tim...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You need a website!
- No matter the size of your business, having a web site is a low cost way to market your services and products twenty-four hours a day. Web sites are a constant advertisement for your business and will help you reach your targeted customers effectively. Your business will not be able to compete without a well-designed web site. There are several key elements to consider when you make the decision t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Html editors 101 - smaller is better
- SiteSpinnerSiteSpinner is a user-friendly web site development tool that includes many advanced features such as drag-and-drop positioning, built in FTP to publish directly to your web site, an image editor and graphics creation all in one. With SiteSpinner, objects can be placed wherever you want them with your mouse. Not only that, you can place objects so they are always centered, or aut...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Frequent business question: how do you start a web business?
- Today it seems everyone is jumping on the entrepreneur bandwagon, and who could blame them? Setting your own schedule, working from the comfort of your own home, and never having to deal with a horrible commute or office politics again, this option is quite popular among all ages. With the advent of the technology age, it seems more individuals are looking to the internet to provide them with good...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Credibility - 10 ways to build it on your website
- If you have your own business website and you are trying to sell something, then it is imperative that you are able to establish and maintain credibility. Why is this important? If you are going to ask someone to make a purchase from you, then you need to show them why they should purchase from you rather then your competitor on another site.If you are able to achieve credibility then you w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your website reflects your business
- Some left shoes are in isle 5, while the right shoes are in isle 3. Shoe hills are in random places. You can barely walk through the store without stumbling over a shoe.No employees are in sight. As you are desperate for help, you finally make it past the heaping hill of shoes to the back of the store and find a button that says "Page for Help". You press the button and out comes ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Allocating your web site?s budget properly
- I had a client say something to me the other day that I thought was rather interesting. He mentioned that he almost considers SEO as a marketing expense even though its really a web expense. It was then that I realized that many people still do not consider what they do with their website as part of their marketing plan but as, well, just something else.I think this is most obvious when you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ever wondered what challenges other people with their web site?
- Have you ever wondered what challenges are faced by other webmasters and owners in the design and promotion of their websites, well I certainly have and so I decided to try and find out.I created a short survey which asked the following questions:1. How long have you been running a website?2. What challenges do you face right now with the DESIGN of your website?3. What ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Website conversion rate: more keywords equals more sales
- Your website conversion rate should concern you. This simply refers to how many visitors to your website it takes before you make a sale. It is called conversion because you are 'converting' a casual visitor into a buyer. Website conversion should concern you because when you can increase the rate at which your website visitors convert into buyers, you make more money without increase your costs. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Freelance programming is easy to manage
- There are several reverse bid freelance sites out there. Beyond the big ones, smaller ones are popping up each day. With the variety of places for a programmer to go and look for work the review systems in place on these sites don't count for as much as they did at one point in time. If you are thinking about getting a project off the ground and using a freelancer there are some basic rules you sh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The problem with paypal on your web page
- When I set up my website I felt paypal was a very simple and easy solution when people wished to purchase my products.For 6 months I was getting 150-200 unique visitors a day, and yet only a few sales every week. And then I read somewhere that people are put off by Paypal?.Paypal was seen by many customers as an amateur solution making your website seem tacky. Paypal is great on ebay...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 tips for running a profitable web site
- 1. Address your targeted audience on your business site. Example: "Welcome Internet Marketers". If you have more than one, address them all.2. Make sure your content and graphics are relevant to your web site's theme. You wouldn't want to use a bird graphic on a business web site.3. Alert visitors by email when you add new content to your web site. This will remind people to revisit ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Build it and they will come
- Build it and they will come is not always true; you have to form a relationship with the company before you will get quality attendees or participants for a free service.The key to a human's heart is through food. The key to a web surfer is free information and products. Simply offering free information is not enough to bring visitors to your site. The offering has to have substance and als...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to listen on the web
- When building a relationship, listening is more important than talking.A website can reveal a great deal about your business, even answer questions about whom you have done work for in the past. It is a great place to put testimonials, and quotes from current and past customers. The web is also a good place to sell your products or services. There have been many articles about how the web h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why your business needs a website
- Even with the steady growth of the World Wide Web, many businesses do not have an online presence and some think that they do not need to have a presence at all."My business is doing fine as it is." That's great! But, it's almost impossible to answer 'no' to the question, "Can my business be doing even better?" One of the easiest ways to help your business gain more exposure and potential c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Web coach tip: what you should know about diy web sites
- Recently, a friend asked "What's the deal with those DIY companies that advertise "How to get a website with everything your business needs for under $20 bucks a month?". "How can they do that?" she said."First impressions are very deceiving!" I told her...let me share my past experience with you!First of all... folks get excited by the low price-don't do their due dilligence and end...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating compelling content , write it and they will come
- In a previous ezinearticles.com article,"I Need real visitors, Not Search Spiders" we discussed the need for content. Well written, insightful, informative content will bring your readers/customers in and keep them on your site Long enough to hear about your products or read about the event you are sponsoring. What ever the object of your desire is content holds the key.In that article the ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is your web site talking to your customer?
- A while ago one of my clients approached me and mentioned that they were experiencing a serious problem with customer registrations (obtaining customer names and e-mail addresses), on their web site. They still had a lot of traffic, but were finding that the ratio between traffic and registrations had been dropping steadily.H'mm, click-thru conversion rate I immediately thought, being the c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating websites that cater to exam preparations
- One of the things that Internet excels is disseminating information and knowledge across many brains and continents. In this global economy the aspirations of the younger generation is not bounded by countries or continents. They aspire to join the best universities or train to be part of great global business entities. The demand for these has become so high that aspirations are just the start bu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Topics to add when creating an alternate and modern medicine web directory
- Alternate medicine finds its own place in the hearts and minds worldwide and has a separate following to back its existence. There are many subcategories that could be added to the modern and alternate medicine website directories. Although the list below is not exhaustive it is a good start. After looking at multiple directories in the web that just places everything into one big category "h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Free websites & why you should avoid them
- It amazes me how many people try to build serious websites with free web host providers. Granted, we all love things in life that are marked "free", but it doesn't always make sense to go that route if it will cost you more in the long run.And I'm not just talking in monetary terms. Costs can also come in forms of time and energy. I don't know about you, but I don't like wasting those two t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you overlooking the benefits of using sub-domains within your web-hosting account?
- One of the most useful features offered by some web hosting companies, is the option of creating sub-domains in the same web hosting account. The problem is, most website owners are not aware of why and how to create sub-domains.A sub-domain is a web address pointing to a sub directory within the main website directory. The website consists of files organized in directories and and sub-dire...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building websites with directory generator
- Directory Generator, a product from Armand Morin and Marc Quarles, builds directory-style websites for you in a matter of minutes. It is simple to use, it's reliable, it does what it claims to do. The tool is essentially a push-button site builder - all you really have to do is upload the generated pages to your host system. There are no fancy technical skills involved.Directory Generator g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 golden rules for building mini sites
- First, an eye opener. Making your fortune through affiliate programs on the internet is not easy. Some people would tell you different. It can be done, but it is not as easy as some would have you think.Everything you learn about starting an internet home based business is so important. One day you know it all and you're on cloud nine, and the next day you're drowning in a sea of informatio...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 5 reasons to track your website traffic
- #5 User Satisfaction: Learn what your visitors and site users do and do not like about your site. Using a good reporting service allows you to monitor your pages individually to see what pages are clicked on first, the most popular pages, duration of any given visitor's time viewing a page (visit duration), and what pages send your visitors off your site (exit pages).Once you have this valu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The internet road map
- 1) Data CaptureOne easy way to collect e-mail addresses and permission is via a signup box on your website. Place your signup box in a visible place on your homepage, and other appropriate pages, where visitors might choose to opt-in.Don't just do what I suggested, but go one step further. What that means specifically is always giving back to your customers before you expect them to ...