Archive for February, 2010

10 Tips to better market your website!

| February 17th, 2010 | No Comments »

10 Tips to Market your Website

  1. Get your business listed on the Google Business Directory, the Yahoo Business Directory, and the Bing Business Directory? It’s like Free advertising. The more you provide the easier it is for customers to find you!

 

  1. Market your business on Craig’s List.  Put together 5 to 10 different HTML ads and post them weekly -  It’s free and they work!

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Signs it’s time to redesign your website

| February 15th, 2010 | No Comments »

Website Redesign

Designing your first website is a stressful undertaking. It requires you to dig deep into your business in order to write the copy for your site. You need to work with a designer and go through the process of creating a site that looks unique and works well. Plus you’ll end up investing a lot of time, energy and money. And finally, after all that, you’re finished and it’s time for the site to go live. What a relief!
Many business owners go through this same process. By the time the process is finished, many entrepreneurs are very glad that it’s over – and don’t want to do it again anytime soon.

Unfortunately, websites don’t last forever. Even if you plan your site to work for the current vision for your business, you can’t accurately account for the entire future of your business. Read More

Why is it important for your business, to be a part of a social networking site?

| February 15th, 2010 | No Comments »

Social Media SitesIf you own a business, you probably spend a good portion of your time networking and trying to keep in touch with your clients. The goal, of course, is to generate more business! But, running a business can be time consuming, so how can you network with your existing clients 24/7? With the advent of Social Networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Myspace, now can you leverage your time networking online.

Let’s begin by defining “Social Network Service”:
A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services. Read More

Get Your Website Tuned Up for the New Year – 10 Tune Up Tips for 2010

| February 15th, 2010 | No Comments »

Tip to improve your websiteOne: Check all your website links (menu and content) – It is very important that all the links on your website work! If you have any broken links you need to update them or get them fixed. Links can become broken because sometimes the pages they link to change. So, why is it important to fix them? Broken links can prevent Google, Yahoo, and Bing from indexing your pages – Thus affecting your website ranking!

Two: Review your website statistics for the last 12 months – This will give you an idea of the traffic your website got month to month. Ideally, you should be checking this monthly to check that your marketing efforts are driving traffic to your website. You can also find out what keywords people typed in to find you! Google Analytics is a great tool you should have to help you with this in 2010. Give us a call for a setup quote.

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