Blog and Ping ? A Search Engine Traffic Bonanza
Copyright 2005 John JantschEveryone is talking about blogs these days as the magic money-making marketing tool. Some of the hype may actually be true, but I suggest you cut through most of what you read about blogs just long enough to understand why every business needs a blog.Right now, that?s not to say this won?t change, search engines are in love with real blogs. By real blogs I mean blogs that are set-up and run by businesses that offer...
Differentiate and Dominate
Copyright 2005 John JantschQuite often small business owners will ask me to reveal the most powerful marketing strategy I have seen. I can say without hesitation that the most powerful marketing strategy has little to do with advertising, direct mail, web sites, referrals or blogs.No, before any of those things will really have any impact on your business you?ve got to uncover and communicate a way in which your business in different from every other business...
Recipes From Around the World Right in Your Kitchen
One of the most enjoyable parts of travel is to taste the foods that are indigenous to different countries and cultures.If you judge Mexican food by local restaurants you would miss the incredible variety of moles for Oaxaca, for example. The stews of Hunan province are not served in Chinese restaurants and African food is hard to find outside of large cities.But traveling to all these regions to sample these wonderful cuisines is...
Sales Vs Recruitment in Network Marketing
Some networking companies are built around gaining customers, some around recruiting people into the plan. These people in turn recruit others who recruit others who recruit others etc. To some this sounds like a typical pyramid scheme and the boundaries of what is and isn't a pyramid can often be confusing. Essentially, the money coming into the distrubtors pocket should mostly come from outside the scheme itself.The way I see it is that if...
The Most Common Small Business Web Site Traffic Killers
Copyright 2005 John Jantsch A prospective client asked me to view his web site and give him some advice on how to make the site better. Unfortunately, his site was such a mess it became the inspiration for this article.One of the primary reasons to have a web site is to attract and educate visitors. However, this obvious concept seems to be lost on many web designers. The way your site is designed, what?s there and what?s not there,...
The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Online Business: Planning
More and more people are discovering the potential to earn an income online and most of them already have or are in the process of starting one. Chances are, the competition in your business area would only grow. If you are serious about achieving success with your online business, then you need to find ways to give yourself every advantage you can get over your competitors. One strategy I can almost assure your...
W3C Compliance & Macromedia Flash
A Creative Solution to Validate Pages Containing Macromedia
Flash and Work Around XHTML Specifications for Microsoft's
Internet Explorer.
Remember the "Good Housekeeping Seal?"
W3C is the World Wide Web Consortium seal of quality assurance
for your website, providing guidelines to insure your website
will look and function properly, regardless of the browser,
resolution or device that you use. In other words it assures
your website is clean of bugs and...
Why You Should Use (Not Abuse) Forums to Increase Your Traffic
There are dozens of reasons why you should look up the forums that are related to your market and post to them often. Here are 3 to get you started.1- Get to Know Your Market as both an Associate and An ExpertThe research alone is a good enough reason to at least sign up to some forums and read. Just by reading posts in forums, you can hear what your market concerns are, straight from consumers. You'll be able to find what...
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Last month, I began promoting Jason Potash?s ?Article Announcer.? I always take time to research new products on the market. I don?t believe in...
"Blogging" For Fun & Profits
Unless you've been under a rock for the last year, you'veheard the term "blog" once or twice. To most people, a "blog" simply represents a glorifiedonline "diary" where geeks, computer nerds, and lonelyteenagers record their thoughts in cyber-space. However, many people don't realize that "blogs" are quietlyrevolutionizing the way companies and customers interactabout everything from existing products to new ideas andimprovements in customer service.In short,...
