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Work at Home Small Business Owners Need to Know When to Ask for Help

SRN Team — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:09:16 +0000

Many people are becoming work at home small business owners. This may be because of a deep-rooted entrepreneurial spirit or simply a need to earn some extra income, or possibly both. As one becomes a work at home small business owner they realize very quickly that their days and nights are usually filled with tasks that need to be completed, especially in the beginning stages. They may even look to outsource certain tasks that may be extremely repetitive and time consuming. By outsourcing certain tasks small business owners are given more time to concentrate on the larger more important tasks that can get their business up and running. Many first time work at home small business owners are learning as they go and have little experience with websites or internet techniques. They may have heard of the term SEO, but do not really understand the meaning or know where to start. This is definitely one of those tasks that can easily be outsourced to the right company. Many work at home small business owners can fail because they try to complete everything themselves. There truly is not enough time in the day to properly handle all of the tasks that [...]

More Tips for Tweeting on Twitter

SRN Team — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:09:07 +0000

If you signed up for Twitter and just love sharing things that you have learned that are making your business bigger and better you probably have some of the basics of tweeting down. Maybe you read our post “Tweet, Retweet, Hashtags: The New Language of Social Media” that showed you a few of the basics. If you are finding that Twitter has been an amazing tool for your business and are in need of more, this article will take your tweets to the next level. While tweeting can be a great way to share information you shouldn’t forget that Twitter is a two-way-street and may teach you a few things, too. A great tool, that isn’t the easiest to find, is Twitter’s advanced search. The advanced search feature can help you find posts about a term, a person, a topic, a location or even a certain date. The tool can be found by scrolling to the bottom of any page on Twitter and look for the “Search” link. There is also another link there that lists all the Twitter search operators like “from:” which allows you to find tweets from a specific person or shows you that putting words in [...]

The Internet Business – Where to Start?

SRN Team — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:13:28 +0000

Some people think they can start an internet business at the drop of a hat. While this may be true, it is always important to research your ideas before spending tons of money on designing a site that may bring you more headaches than profits. The internet has opened the door for many people to start their own business and become independently wealthy. While working for yourself can bring many rewards, it can also be overwhelming. This is why it is so important to do some research about your potential market before you go and spend tons of money building a business that may be difficult to manage. It is important to understand the intricacies of the product or service you are planning on selling. For example, is your product very seasonal and do you have a plan for supplementing your product line with products that can sell during the slower seasons or will you be able to budget your seasonal profits over the entire year? Selling seasonal products can have some great benefits. If you understand this you can plan to make the majority of your money during a certain time period during the year which can leave you [...]

Step 4: Marketing

Richard — Thu, 31 May 2012 07:08:05 +0000

At this point, if you’ve engaged the tools discusses in the previous steps, and have committed to creating regular, weekly content, your business has an immense online activity and the attention of an ever-expanding audience. If you are struggling with the first step, but now see how these powerful tools will benefit your business, contact Start Ranking Now. (www.startrankingnow.com) We provide experts across the social media universe who will work personally with your company to build an effective social media campaign. Now that you have the attention of a growing online tribe of friends and followers, you convert them into buyers the old-fashioned way. Social media attracts the online community. Marketing converts them into buying customers, and marketing comes down to giving your customer: A reason to buy from you and not your competition. A reason to buy today A package that is of greater value than the amount of money they are putting on the table. The advantage of online marketing is that many of the promotions and bonuses you can include with your products are digital, which means once you create them, you have no inventory costs. Digital e-books, recordings of seminars, reports, and software are bonuses you [...]

Utilice Facebook y LinkedIn para llegar a más clientes y socios

writer-nichole — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:09:32 +0000

La mercadotecnia en Facebook está orientada hacia la adquisición de clientes y va dirigida al mercado potencial de un producto o una empresa intentando acercarse a éstos a través de elementos personales como los gustos, aficiones y relaciones. La mercadotecnia aquí se concentra en generar estrategias publicitarias que puedan penetrar dentro de estos elementos para llamar la atención del usuario, tomando en cuenta que al conseguir la atención de uno se logra llegar de manera indirecta al conjunto de contactos relacionados con éste que, en ese momento, pasan a formar parte de las posibilidades de mercado, logrando así el denominado “marketing viral”. La mercadotecnia en LinkedIn está orientada a la adquisición de socios y colaboradores dentro del entorno laboral, puede estar orientada a adquirir clientes, pero su alcance y naturaleza es empresarial y profesional, los contactos generados en ésta son de profesionistas y empresas de modo que se busca encontrar colaboradores potenciales, espacios de asesoría, socios o empresas que puedan requerir de algún producto ofrecido. LinkedIn no es un espacio orientado a la promoción de un producto pero sí lo es para la promoción de una empresa y sus servicios o la promoción de perfiles profesionales. La segmentación de mercado [...]

How Twitter Can Help Your Online Business

SRN Team — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:08:39 +0000

If you aren’t using Twitter you are a step behind your competition. Twitter is the social networking tool and if you aren’t using it, you better start now. It is easy to use and gets important messages out to your audience in short spurts of text. The benefits of Twitter can be endless. It all depends on how well you use it. It truly is a powerful tool that can transform your online business. One of the main goals of Twitter is to build a network with people you may not otherwise have been able to reach. You can share helpful information on new marketing techniques and, in return, get great ideas from others. The most important thing to remember with Twitter is that you must share information that people want to hear or else you are off their list. So, the key to Twitter success is communicating great information that people want to hear. Twitter gives you a great opportunity to gain exposure for new blog posts, articles, or even to promote a sale. If you have important information to share, Twitter is a great tool to accomplish just that. If you have information on a new product and [...]

How to find the best article marketing sites for your niche!

Nicole Munoz — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:08:26 +0000

Go where your customers are! Ever feel like you are spinning your wheels and just hoping and praying that the SEO strategies you are doing are actually working? We already covered that one factor in determining what article directory sites are the best in terms of getting urls indexed quickly, but what if your client wants not only backlinks, but also traffic? How can we determine if a site will also send traffic! One easy way is using Google Adwords Display Network with Managed Placements. Basically you create an ad based on your keywords and main target and then set up specific sites in the display network that you want to test. Start with choosing all of the basic sites you can get content placed on easily such as ezinearticles.com, hubpages.com and squidoo.com. Set your dollar amount per click pretty high so you can get as many impressions and clicks as possible. If budget is a concern, then set the campaign to have a specific start and stop date. After you have it set up, let it run for a few days or a week or so. Go back and look at the number of impressions and number of clicks. What [...]

Are you focusing on the “Big Picture”?

writer-nichole — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:08:30 +0000

Over the past year, we have seen a drastic change in the way people do business. This is due partly to the economic downturn in the United States. Many have seen businesses fold and have taken a strict inventory of how they operate. That being said, the question arises, “How do we maintain and keep our company healthy and successful?” Now, sad to say, but most people are not visionaries and are limited in their scope of the “big picture”. In order for us to continue to succeed as a thriving business we must collectively see the “big picture”. For example, do you see yourself working in this company for a year to five years, or do you see yourself retiring with this company? The “big picture” person says, “I see myself retiring with this company”. That type of attitude will keep this company thriving in the midst of an economic slump. Along with this attitude come productivity, honesty, and integrity. The “big picture” person will accomplish his work tasks in a timely manner, not cheating the clock, and doing his job to the best of his ability. He will also consider his company’s time as not merely a dollar sign but as an avenue of invaluable knowledge. Not every hour that is worked should be considered paid hours. If you are receiving knowledge from the company but not giving knowledge to the company, you are not a great asset to the company. In the “big picture” scheme of business, we will see the end of our career as one [...]

Step 3: Listening

Richard — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:08:05 +0000

Step three in the five-step process that leverages social media for business is listening to your tribe, and adjusting your methods. Listening occurs through feedback tools that measure and rank your social media effectiveness. Listening also occurs through Facebook and Twitter, which gives the business owner direct connection to your customers, clients, stakeholders and prospects. You want to move these groups though the social funnel. When they first encounter your social media stream, you are viewed as a potential source of valuable information. If you are consistent, and provide valuable information, you earn the position at which your friends and followers trust you as an expert. Expert status is earned, and the information you’ve provide is the currency. You listen to your tribe through social media tools. These sites are designed to allow you to see how far the message penetrated the social zeitgeist, and how much influence you’ve gained. Listening tools include: Klout.com Google Analytics Hootsuite analytics Facebook insights Peerindex.com TweetReach.com Below is a picture of one of the more comprehensive measuring and listening tools from Klout.com Klout measures your online activity across Facebook, Twitter, and Linked In, the three largest social media tools, to arrive at an overall [...]

Why Hiring US Writers is the Only Way to Go for SEO

SRN Team — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:08:29 +0000

As an internet business owner, you know that there are a lot of internet marketing tools you can use to grow your business. The difficult part is deciding which ones will make the quickest and biggest impact to your business. Search Engine Optimization is one of the most important tools to any internet business and should be one of the first endeavors that you should focus on. If done correctly, SEO will bring you more exposure, more customers and more money, guaranteed. As we have talked about, this strategy can be extremely time consuming, because it takes a lot of content, posted to the internet on a regular bases to see results. Because of this fact, many internet business owners are deciding to outsource the writing portion of SEO to companies overseas. These companies can offer content at very low prices, but the problem is that in many cases this comes at the expense of quality. While using companies overseas for other types of repetitive tasks may be a very feasible decision, it may not be the best choice for SEO. Search Engine Optimization is all about creating unique content that actually attracts readers. Many overseas companies have a difficult [...]