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Taking Your Business to the Next Level

Tim Read — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:01:15 +0000

When you’re starting off, its a regular phenomenon that you come to a point where you won’t develop any more unless you take a risk by investing more in the business. Usually at the beginning it could be putting more time in – perhaps you need to cut down the hours on your regular job, or [...]

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How to not start link building for a site: mistakes in seo

Tim Read — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:00:30 +0000

The market is full of tools that promise the top 10 positions in Google, 1000 backlinks in seconds and so on. Here is a list of things NOT to do in a link building strategy. 1 . Do not submit your site to more than 50 directories in a month. These should be types of directories where [...]

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Avoid Losing Search Engine Rankings

Tim Read — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:41:52 +0000

Here are Some good tips from: The Three Golden Rules of Site Redesigns by Jon Raasch 2. Avoid Losing Search Engine Rankings One of the most important things when overhauling a site is to make sure the new site doesn’t lose any search engine ranking. Sure, any restructuring will probably cause an “awkward adolescence” as Google reindexes your [...]

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Customers Increasingly Intolerant With Slow Web Sites

Tim Read — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:49:30 +0000

Consumers have very little patience for online stores, e-banks and travel sites that slow down, act erratically or crash during busy transaction seasons, according to a new study from Gomez, a provider of Web performance optimization tools and services. As the intolerance with clunky Web sites rises, so does the cost of lost e-business for the [...]

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6 Mobile Musts for Your Online Business

Tim Read — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:00:01 +0000

An article by Allen Moon from the Intenet Marketing Centre Use these tips to prepare for the coming smartphone search revolution. According to a recent study by comScore, the number of people in the U.S. using multipurpose smartphones such as iPhones, Blackberries, and Droids more than doubled last year. Of those who used mobile devices to access [...]

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What to consider before hiring a web designer

Tim Read — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:40:57 +0000

You’ve decided to up the ante and get your company or organisation on the web. You start looking for the right image. You go out and find a web designer, get quotes, compare designs/suggestions. You’ve got the pictures lined up, descriptions, policies. What more do you need? A clear plan. A web site is usually there to [...]

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Branding your Twitter tweets

Tim Read — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:54:55 +0000

Have you tried branding your tweets recently? You only have 140 characters to say what you want to say, and if you want to include a link as well, its vital that you use a URL shortener, like bit.ly (www.bit.ly) or Tiny URL (www.tiny.cc). Just type in shorten URL to Google for other examples. But what [...]

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Setting up a Facebook Page for Business Social Marketing

Tim Read — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:55:54 +0000

Have you got a Facebook page for your business? A lot of businesses are turning to social marketing to promote their work, but guess what? – You can’t spend your time on social networking sites talking about yourself! The whole point is to engage people in a conversation – offering help and advice, even freebies [...]

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All in One Web Design and SEO

Tim Read — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:28:41 +0000

Did you know that when you get your web site designed, you should also get it search engine optimised at the same time? Why? Because optimising your site has everything to do with what text goes into your site, in the headers, body text, image alt tags, meta tags, and meta descriptions – and how [...]

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Comparing Social Media Marketing with Direct Marketing

Tim Read — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:18:47 +0000

Lee Odden makes a nice comparison between direct marketing and social media marketing in this good blog. Comparing Social Media Marketing with Direct Marketing is a post from: Ripplenet web design's blog

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