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Aspiring webmasters want to know, What makes a website grow

It appears that most webmasters have come from the world of advertising. Their website content emphasizes "marketing and promotion". Just to prove my point, do a Google search on "marketing promotion". As I write, Google comes up with "about 5,910,00...

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Why Directories Might Save Your Website's Life!

Many business owners and online marketing experts focus their efforts on search engine optimisation and ensuring high search engine placement for a website. Although search engines should play a crucial part in any online marketing campaign they are ...

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Internet Marketing; The most powerful lead-generating 'device'.

Seasoned and modern entrepreneurs are using the Internet, not just to supplement their income, but to generate hundreds, or thousands of lifetime customers online.How do you use the Internet to brand your business? Does your marketing plan incorporat...

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Even in the Movies

The other night, I watched the movie "The Family Man" starring Nicholas Cage. I enjoyed it very much, although that's not intended to be my point.The story takes place in two locations: New Jersey and New York. When Cage's character takes h...

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What's really different about your company, product or service

Assuming you’re not the only company on the planet that provides products and services similar to yours, what is it about your offering that’s unique? As with benefits you offer your customers, your uniqueness needs to be tied to things valued b...

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What to do when your prospect just won't get back to you!

Does this look familiar?Your prospect contacts you and asks for information about WonderWidget. You email the information along with complete order details.Response? Not a word.Next day, undaunted, you hit the resend key so that your prospectreceives...

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3 Killer Secrets for Closing the Sale

"Inherently, each one of us has the substance within to achievewhatever our goals and dreams define. What is missing from each of us is the training, education, knowledge and insight to utilize what we already have." Mark Twain FACT: Selling is the ...

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Introduction to Keywords & Meta Tags

Keywords are the words and phrases used by people when they search for webpages. For example, if I am looking for free web editing programs, I wouldtype something like "free web editor" into a search engine. Those arekeywords.Meta tags are descriptiv...

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Time Management - A Fresh View

Last week I had the privilege of spending some quality time with a dear friend. Unfortunately we live on opposite sides of the world, so we do not spend a lot of time together, but when we do get together it is an uplifting experience.Paul and his wi...

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The Fog of Transition

The Fog of Transitionby Mary Ann Bailey, MCMuch of my coaching is spent helping people in transition make decisions regarding the next phase of their lives. Some of them are looking for their next professional path. Some are trying to figure out rela...

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