Most budding or existing webpreneurs have heard the term SEO before. However, I will provide the meaning for the purpose of this article. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the organization of text or keywords, photos or videos on your website so that it gets found by the search engines when … [Read more...]
Get started on Twitter with 8 basic steps and increase your visibility
What is Twitter? Here is the Wikipedia definition: Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the … [Read more...]
Do you treat your list like your BFF? Why you should
If you have been marketing online for some time, you may have heard the saying, The Fortune is in the List. Lately, I have been hearing an amended version, “The Fortune is in your relationship with your list”. First of all, I believe wholeheartedly in authentic marketing. And the truth is that, … [Read more...]
Business Success Cast #1 – ‘The Karate Kid’ Business Lesson
Welcome to my 1st Business Success Podcast Series! On these podcast episodes I will share tips, resources and advice on social media marketing, business growth, tools, best practices. Sometimes I will interview a guest too. As mentioned before, it's a series. In order to get an update via … [Read more...]
Starting and Monetizing a Blog
An blog is a platform that seems to have really evolved over the years. Whether you have started a blog as an online diary to write about a hobby or yourself, or as a marketing tool to build your online presence, it makes good sense to monetize it. This article will explore some ways that you can … [Read more...]
Drive traffic to your website – the basics
When it comes to the Internet, many creative ones like yours truly, dream of starting a website or blog to express ourselves. Unfortunately some of us rush into this, create the website and wait for web visitors to come and when they don't we wonder what we did wrong. When I created my first … [Read more...]
Entrepreneur Extraordinaire – Do you have what it takes?
Most people I know dream of a life where they can work for themselves, set their own hours, do what they love and make good money doing it. And of course those same people believe that they can achieve this through starting their own business. If you structure things right, you can have all of the … [Read more...]
Repurpose Your Content, Multiply Your Efforts!
As an online marketer, you should strive to deliver value to readers on your blog, on social networks, via your email newsletter and more. It may look like a lot of writing to keep up with, but it does not have to be. Here are my top 10 ways to repurpose content that you only have to write once. … [Read more...]
The funny thing about Momentum
I once heard a successful Catalog Marketing Executive say, “It’s the start that stops most people”, which meant a lot to me when I first it. I totally agreed and understood what she meant because I was in the same business. And boy was I on a roll! I was way past the start and heading fast for the … [Read more...]
7 Tips for a Positive Thinking Mindset
1) Use Affirmations Affirmations are positive declarations we make that are in the present tense and in the affirmative. For instance, "I am so happy and grateful now that I have total financial freedom" as opposed to "This year I am going to get out of debt". See the difference? Affirmations are … [Read more...]
On a sprint for the last 79 days of 2009
Scary right? Where did the year go? Like a lot of you, I made some lofty New Year’s resolutions last year. Many of them have fallen by the way side. But I am a believer that it’s not over until it’s over. I can still accomplish some of my goals or at least make some good headway on them. I … [Read more...]