We’ve heard it countless times – Build an awesome product, and your customers will shout from the rooftops. Solve your customer’s big problems, and they’ll tell everyone. If you build it, they will evangelize.
Unfortunately, it’s not true. A very small percentage of the population is actively blogging and writing reviews. A slightly higher percentage may participate in ratings or sharing on social networks. ...
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Ever had an anti-computer or anti-technology moment? I had one recently when a program I was using “hijacked” my computer and stalled my progress for a few seconds – very annoying!
But some people are in a perpetual anti-technology moment when it comes to marketing their business online. They feel like it is a necessary thing to do today but seem to be annoyed by it all.
Some may express the frustration like ...
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I don’t care who you are; everyone makes mistakes in writing copy. Even the professionals who have to look at the copy with a jaundiced eye and tweak things. This is why we have drafts: because perfection seldom happens the first time around.
While the list of common copywriting mistakes could probably fill a small eBook, some are more common than most — like ...
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Maybe you’re watching this because you just want a bit of extra income to supplement your existing job, or maybe you want to get rid of your job altogether and replace it with an income source that will give you a bit more time and freedom.
Whatever your reason is for picking up this training program, I really hope you get a lot ...
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Everyone hopes their emails get read. We know that along with having a good relationship with the recipient, writing exceptional subject lines increases the chances our message gets opened in a crowded inbox. And everyone who writes email for sales and marketing purposes has read or heard something about writing the best subject lines … you know, the ones that are automatically opened ...
YouTube is very much in vogue these days. It is easy to shoot a video and upload it online for netizens to see it. Many e-commerce ventures are using these videos to talk about their brand, products and services. As a result of their overeager attitude towards populating YouTube, hundreds of minutes of video are being put up on this video site every ...
The needs of a large business organization are different from that of a small business. For this reason it is extremely important that before you make a decision on the type of web hosting you are going to chose, first you must understand the very nature and needs of your business organization. Typically there are 3 types of web hosting services; shared web ...
Search engines continue to focus more and more heavily on regularly updated, well written content. And the reality is the 400 word basic blog posts that used to rank a few years ago simply won’t rank today and aren’t really helping in driving traffic to websites anymore.
What we need to be posting today are much more thoughtful, well written, and lengthy articles ...
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Location, location, location… it’s vital for brick-and-mortar storefronts and online businesses. It takes a lot of online marketing muscle and search engine optimization to ensure your website attracts targeted, qualified customers. If your website isn’t making money despite your best efforts, what can you do?
Jayson DeMers wrote an article for Forbes about what to do if your website isn’t making money. He explains ...
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If globalization has affected international trade at the street level, you can bet it has worked its way even deeper into online business, if only sometimes.
Unfortunately, that “sometimes” means that people try to expand into foreign markets before they’ve considered all the problems and pitfalls that can arise.
There are some obvious aspects of marketing to people in another country that many businesses try ...
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