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A successful online business has a coder, a hustler and a designer. The hacker can code, the hustler brings in the business, and the designer architects the concept to make it appealing to a consumer. You may have one or all of these skills, but often not enough time in the day to wear all of [...]

Each time Google changes the way its searches is a chance for you to bump your competitors out of that sweet spot for free organic traffic. Here are some considerations when turning your pages for SEO. – Make your content focused and clear. Keep your first time visitors interest in mind. If you dont your visitors [...]

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Continue to invite connections to play the latest Zynga game on Facebook Use your new linked in connection as a job reference because they are an executive in a high profile company. Send invites to your latest social media platform using a canned email. Make it difficult for a users to delete their profile [...]

Image via Wikipedia . Addict-o-matic: Enter your name into the site, and you’ll see the latest mentions arranged in boxes from sites such as Bing, Google Blog Search, Twitter, YouTube, Digg, Flickr, FriendFeed, Bloglinks and more. Addict-o-matic also allows you to customize your results page by adding, deleting or rearranging the source boxes. 2. SocialMention: SocialMention is [...]

// < ![CDATA[ GA_googleCreateDomIframe('google_ads_div_FM_970x66_Live_expanding' ,'FM_970x66_Live_expanding'); // ]]> Social media is a great tool for research as well as customer service. Used effectively  social media can improve your profit margin. There is a flip side is that it can become a distraction when using it as a tool for for employees. Sometmes it’s tough to see [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I saw this on Techcrunch as part of a longer article but it needs to be reposted. Factor 4: Content is King? Indeed, to paraphrase Viacom’s Chairman Sumner Redstone: content becomes more important than distribution mechanisms; as new channels of distribution creep up, it is the content that is always [...]

Here are some tips that might be able to help you in page design when working with things like google adwords. Make your headline refer to the ad copy that drove the click. Match your language as exact as you can. (Close is good, exact is best.) This way you keep your visitor oriented and [...]

Over the years many of us have use the business axiom “In Niches Are Riches”. I’ve come to realize that there is even one better rule when deciding what to promote and develop in this industry. Follow the crowd. Pick a very crowded genre and create your promotion or content designed to feed a starving [...]