Using an Optin Box to Grow Your Business List

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Growing your business is not just a worthy goal, it is a necessity for business survival and success.  It is not always an easy task either, it takes hard work, dedication, and creative ideas.  It takes using tools such as social media marketing and list building. The goal of all internet marketing is to build [...]

Facebook Fanpage Changes – What You Need to Know

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I have never been one that has been good with change, but as we all know – it is a huge part of life.  Changes mean growth and an opportunity to become better both personally and in business. When Facebook first changed the personal pages over to the Timeline layout, I had a hard time [...]

How to Attract Clients with a Great Looking Website Headshot

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What is a Headshot Photo? Wikipedia defines a headshot as: “a photographic technique where the focus of the photograph is a person’s face”. Typically business headshots focus on the head and shoulders because people normally want to see your face as opposed to your body.  The more of your body showing in the photo means [...]

Benefits of using Google Analytics for your Small Business Website

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Tracking the stats for your website will give you the information you need to know what is useful for your visitors and what’s not useful. Once you find out what’s useful you’ll know what changes need to be made to your site so you’ll be able to help your visitors with every aspect of your [...]

What Makes for a Good Looking Landing Page?

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I found this on Pinterest (my new favorite place) and thought it would be something helpful for those of you planning a new website landing page design.  This is a visual breakdown of the most important elements that should be considered when planning the design of a landing page.  Some of these points can apply [...]

What is a Gravatar and Why Do I Need It?

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It’s very important to brand your business so others know that it is YOU when you comment on another website or blog or you reply when someone comments on YOUR website or blog.  There are several ways to brand your business and to protect yourself online – one of those ways is to use Gravatar.   [...]

3 Tips For Creating Compelling Blog Post Titles

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When you blog, you want people to READ your content.  However even adults can be like children in that you have to draw them in pretty quickly in the beginning in order to hold their attention.  You only have a few seconds to capture a reader’s eye.  One of the single most powerful tools you [...]

Gravity Forms Plugin – #1 Choice for WordPress Contact Forms & Questionnaires

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I started out using the Contact Form 7 plugin on my sites and my client sites.  It is great for simple forms, but you really need to know html code in order to set up a more in depth form or questionnaire.  It wound up becoming annoying. A client of mine told me about Gravity [...]