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Website Marketing in the Recession - Make These 3 Adjustments to Survive

April 14th, 2009

thumbs-up-marketing-in-a-recessionGiven the state of the online market in the current recession, wasting money on website marketing might not seem like a very bright idea. In fact it might seem foolish to spend money when you have little hope of recovering it. Yet even now there is enough money in the market to make a decent living. I am not kidding when I say this.

* Get A Plan

All you need to know is the way to go about making money. Website marketing is very important to this plan. If your website is invisible you are not going to make any money. So you need to spend money to make money. You might now say that you have no money. You don’t need to spend millions, just a few dollars in the right places can Read more…

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How to Use Google Maps and Yahoo Local to Grow Your Business

March 24th, 2009

These last few days I’ve been out of town on vacation, and have been using Google Maps to help me find my way around. Searching for grocery stores, coffee shops, and free wi-fi reminded me how important it is to list your business with Google Maps and Yahoo Local. In case you’re Read more…

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Why Your New Website Should be Built on a Content Management System

March 16th, 2009

Drupal and Joomla Content Management Systems

Gone are the days of having your website be a static brochure for your company. You need to be adding and changing content on a daily (or at least weekly) basis to really start to enhance your website.

By building you website on a content management system (CMS) - like Drupal or Joomla - you’ll find it’s very easy to add/change content, additional features and plug-ins that used to take serious development time are now available in easy-to-install packages, and built-in blogging software (which you should be using to regularly add content to your site for SEO) is easy to use and search engine friendly.

In this Web 2.0 world, a CMS is the ultimate tool for Read more…

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Search Engine ‘Optimization’ vs. Search Engine ‘Friendly’ - What You Need to Know

March 6th, 2009

I keep coming across web designers who say they provide ‘Search Engine Optimization’ by using heading tags, text links, and non-dynamic links, and decided it was time to make some clarifications.

Search Engine ‘Friendly’ involves building the foundation and features of the site in a way that the search engine spiders can comprehend. Having a ’search engine friendly’ site does not necessarily help you climb the organic rankings, but there’s no reason to intentionally build your website without integrating these concepts.

Search Engine ‘Optimization’ as a service is more related to keywords and organic rankings, and involves both on-site and off-site work to achieve these goals.

Ways to make your website ‘Search Engine Friendly’ (easily read by a Search Engine):

Should Barack Obama use Digg?

March 2nd, 2009

Just about every popular blog these days is set up with social bookmarking links to make it easy for the reader to share the article with friends and contacts.  After reading a bit on President Obama’s blog (www.barackobama.com - after they ask you to buy the t-shirt :) ), I noticed that those buttons are missing from the page. 

I think it would be an excellent idea to incorporate a ’share this’ bar or a digg box plug in to make it easy for their visitors to share articles.  Read more…

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