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A Facebook fan page is a Facebook page dedicated to a brand, business, website, group or anything else of that nature. Anyone with a personal Facebook account can create a fan page for any of their personal projects, businesses or interests. The typical web address for a fan page is … [Read more...]
Changing your Gmail password is easy (and sometimes required to protect your account and personal information), but how to do it is not very obvious. When you change your password try to choose something that is memorable to you and difficult for someone to guess, read how to create a secure … [Read more...]
There may come a time when you want to stop using one Gmail address and switch to another, but what if you've been using the old email address for a few years and amassed a number of RSS feeds in Google Reader. Does the change in email address mean you will lose your bookmarks? No, way! All you … [Read more...]
To many the idea of earning money travel writing sounds like a dream job. Wandering the world, visiting exotic locales, meeting interesting people, seeing sights and having adventures while friends are chained to their desks back home, working 9-5, sounds great in and of itself. But what if you … [Read more...]
Writing takes time, which isn't easy to find. I know, because although I write for a living, I still don't always spend enough time on the writing that I most want to do. Work, kids, vacuuming all get in the way. And for those people who aren't writers by trade, but need or want to write for … [Read more...]
Picture Credit : websuccessdiva So you've decided to create a blog marketing campaign to promote either your main site or business, and are wondering just how to go about it. Well, you should know that this is not rocket science, and people tend to make it a lot harder than it has to be. That … [Read more...]
Google operates an advertising program called AdWords. This program enables people who have a website or a product to sell to place adverts among the organic search results on the Google SERPS (search engine results pages). These adverts appear above and to the right of the organic listings. They … [Read more...]
Social bookmarks can be a very useful part of your overall online marketing plan, especially if care is taken in how they are used and not misused! The power of social marketing is undeniable, and with today's consumers looking to their peers as authority as opposed to a random website they've never … [Read more...]
Google Analytics is one of the most popular tools webmasters and bloggers can use for monitoring visitor statistics and tracking user behavior. It is a free to use program that is easily implemented on most websites - all you need to do is insert a short piece of JavaScript code into the HTML on … [Read more...]
If you are using Twitter to promote your business it is important for you, or the people you report to, to know just how much the business is benefiting from all your Twitter activity. Looking at how many followers you have in total, or have gained in a set time period, is one way to track … [Read more...]
Unless you've been living in a cave you must surely have heard of Twitter? If not, let me tell you a bit about it. Twitter is a micro-blogging platform. As a user you send a kind of online text message that contains a maximum of 140 characters. The tweet then appears in the timeline of people who … [Read more...]
Blogger is one of the oldest blogging platforms around and is owned by Google. If you have a Google account (for Gmail, AdWords, AdSense etc) then you can sign in using the same details. If you do not have a Google account you would have to create one to use the Blogger service. To do this just … [Read more...]
It may not cost much to send an SMS text message from your mobile/cell phone if you only do so occasionally, but if you are a frequent texter it can quickly run down your credit. Have you ever thought about using the services of one of the many free SMS text messaging websites that have cropped … [Read more...]
As a high performing marketing pro, you want to utilize the power of email to raise performance and reach your target market. That's a no brainier. In order to do this, however, you need list integrity and effective campaigns. A great strategy for this is developing a healthy email list. Once you … [Read more...]
flickr is a massive photo sharing website. It was launched in February 2004 by a company called Ludicorp and purchased by Yahoo! in March 2005. It now and has millions of registered users from almost every geographic location you can think of. The idea is for users to upload their photographs and … [Read more...]
There is a nice little feature in Gmail which allows you to forward your emails to any other email address you choose. To set up this feature, just follow the instructions below. Log into your Gmail account Look for the "settings" link in the top right hand corner of the page … [Read more...]
If you are looking to learn how to create an online business or you are struggling to build your online business, then you may not have the right marketing plan. There are two ways to go here, spending years of your time learning how to create an online business and perfecting your own marketing … [Read more...]
A common problem folks are facing is how to make money during a slow economy. Operating a web business during a stale economy brings up two areas of conflict. One, site owners are working with a tight budget. They do not have large capitals to work with and they are justifiably counting every dime. … [Read more...]
The ideal situation for an entrepreneur starting a business is to hire a market research firm to assist in locating customers. While some small businesses and start-ups may be able to afford this service, it can be expensive. A well developed market research effort is likely to cost between $25000 … [Read more...]
