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Using Facebook To Market Your Business

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:55:37 +0000

If you are looking to market your business through Facebook, there are some strategies out there that can help. Regardless of what business you’re in, these strategies may prove helpful in getting the word out about your products. Here are some of the better-known marketing tools and tips available for Facebook users. 1. The App [...]

Facebook for the Small Business Owner

Jodie Burdette — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:05:34 +0000

More and more small businesses are turning to Facebook to market their products. Maybe you would like to promote your small business via Facebook. Here are some tips that may help. 1. Separate professional from personal Your clients don’t need to see the latest pictures of your pets, or hear about your latest haircut. Keep [...]

Website Hosting Checklist – How To Find The Right Provider

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Choosing a website host is an important decision. You want a host that is affordable. However, you also want a website host that offers the features and functions you need. Here’s a quick checklist to make sure you’re finding the right provider. Is their control panel user friendly? Many hosts offer free demonstrations or tours. [...]

Cheap Inexpensive Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Website

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000

An online business thrives and survives based on their traffic. The more traffic you have, the more potential customers you have. And the more customers you have…Yep! The more profits you’ll earn. However, you don’t always want to have to spend an arm and a leg to gain traffic. Here are seven cost-effective ways to [...]

Seven Key Elements for a Successful Landing Page

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Your landing page is important. Quite often it’s the page that most visitors come to first. It’s the page you may generate links to. It may also be the page that the search engines pay the most attention to. Therefore, it makes sense to make sure your landing page is as well designed as it [...]

Tips on Creating an Effective Facebook Profile

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000

If you’re thinking of sharing your business via Facebook, creating an effective profile is important. It’s easy to go into Facebook and set up a profile that doesn’t do much to reflect what you’re about. So here are some tips for Facebook beginners. 1. Be careful It’s wise to exercise care when you set up [...]

Using EBooks To Pump Up Your Bottom Line

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:55:00 +0000

If you are serious about making money online, there are a number of ways to do it. One profitable idea is eBooks. They require very little cost upfront and can provide lots of revenue for your business. What are EBooks? EBooks are digital reading media that is easy to pass along to others. Many are [...]

5 Keys to Creating Websites that Sell

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Your business website is essentially your storefront, business card and most significant marketing piece all rolled into one. How it affects your visitors and customers is then essential to your success. Provide a memorable experience and customers are sure to return time and time again. Let’s take a look at five keys to creating a [...]

Special Reports: Your Secret Weapon To Grow Your List and Make Money

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Does your business enterprise need a boost? Consider using special reports to add revenue and build a business contact list for future use. What are special reports? Special reports are short reports that contain helpful information on a subject. The reports are anywhere from a few to 30 or so pages in length. If you [...]

Affiliate Marketing – A Great Source Of Passive Income

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:00:24 +0000

Ever wonder if there’s a way to spend your days talking, writing, and discussing a topic you’re passionate about and make money doing it? Imagine being able to spend your days talking about your favorite soap opera, car, sport, hobby or interest and actually make passive income. Affiliate marketing may be the answer to your [...]

Create the perfect Guest Blogging Byline (tips and templates)

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:55:15 +0000

This is the latest in my series of posts on guest blogging. In case you missed past entries included info on why you should be guest blogging, how to find guest blogging opportunities and a some fabulous useful tips to make the process of guest blogging easier on you AND on the owner of the [...]

Are you guest blogging? Here is a quick checklist to make it easier.

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:00:09 +0000

A while back I wrote a couple of posts on why you should be guest blogging and how to find guest blogging opportunities. Now that you know the how’s and why’s of becoming a guest blogger I thought I should give you some useful tips to make the process of guest blogging easier on you [...]

The Best 5 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Website

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:55:40 +0000

Website traffic is for many business models, the key to profits. The more traffic you have, the bigger your bottom line. Whether you’re launching a new product or just want a quick influx of cash, sometimes you need tons of traffic quickly. Here are 5 fast solutions to drive traffic to your website. #1 Social [...]

Is your website hurting sales? 5 Keys to creating a website that SELLS!

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:00:13 +0000

Create Headlines that SELL!

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:55:15 +0000

You have mere seconds to capture a prospect’s attention. One of the single most powerful tools you have to accomplish this task is your headline. There are several keys to a compelling, and selling, headline and a few tips to help you get the job done. #1 Tap into Your Prospects’ Emotions According to [...]

5 Quick and Dirty SEO Tricks

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:55:07 +0000

Online, one of the most significant keys to success is getting website traffic. The more visitors you have, the better your sales and profits. Presumably you have a niche and you know your keywords, and regularly conduct keyword research to stay on top of what’s popular. Based on those assumptions here are five quick and [...]

How to Find Guest Blogging Opportunities

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:55:19 +0000

There are a number of ways to find guest blogging opportunities and this guide will provide you an illustrated tour of how you can get great exposure through guest posting. Whether you search for blogs that publicly accept submissions, approach blogs directly, use a guest blogging site or a combination of all those methods, there [...]

7 Reasons Why You Need To Start Guest Blogging

Jodie Burdette — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:55:54 +0000

Did you know that Google has reworked their top secret page ranking algorithm? One of the biggest changes has been the down grading of links to article marketing sites. Guest blogging is now the best way to build back links to your site. Good Back Links = Improved Google Ranking Here are 7 of the [...]

10 Reasons Why A Facebook Fan Page Is So Important

Jodie Burdette — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:03:23 +0000

Facebook is the latest rage online to communicate with your readers at a whole new level. Even a few months back we could say that Facebook fan pages were not very popular, but now it has become a necessity to have a Facebook page. It is an awesome social media tool with viral capabilities much [...]

Encourage Return Traffic: Super Charge The Facebook Like Button

Jodie Burdette — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:55:57 +0000

Facebook Like buttons are everywhere. They are a great tool for sharing interesting information with your “friends”. They are also a great way to get your blog posts in front of more eyes. Up until now this ubiquitous button has represented a onetime sharing event. Well not any more. There is a new Like button [...]

Creating Buzz – Make your Facebook Fan Page into an EXPERIENCE

Jodie Burdette — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:55:43 +0000

You business has a Facebook Fan page but now you are looking for (low-cost) ways make your page stand out of the zillions of others out there. A great way to make your business shine is to create a “Facebook Experience”. Host a Facebook page that is unique to your brand and relevant and valuable [...]

Cloud:Flood – Create buzz, drive traffic and it’s FREE

Jodie Burdette — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:55:29 +0000

I found a really nifty new tool this week. It’s free, you don’t have to sign up AND it will both create buzz and drive traffic to your site. It’s call Cloud:Flood. All you need to do is have a promotional product that you’d like to giveaway such as an eBook, MP3, Zip etc. People [...]

Leveraging Your Blog – Turning First Time Commenters Into Long Term Readers

Jodie Burdette — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:00:01 +0000

You know all about the funnel method of upselling. But have you ever applied that model to your blogging efforts? If you haven’t then you probably aren’t leveraging as effectively as you could be. Here is a very simple illustration of the funnel method as it applies to blogging. At the very top are your [...]

Facebook Fan Page Changes Explained

Jodie Burdette — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:55:15 +0000

On March 10th Facebook rolled out a major change to its Pages in order to bring them closer in look and functionality to individual user profiles. For the most part I am really liking (pun intended) the change as it will really improve your ability to connect with your audience. The most obvious changes are [...]

Yes you can transfer ownership of a Facebook Fan Page

Jodie Burdette — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:00:21 +0000

I was recently asked how someone could transfer ownership of a fan page they created to someone else. This person no longer wanted a personal profile but they did want to retain the business page and the large group of fans they had painstakingly built up. Thankfully Facebook has (finally!) made this very easy to [...]