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On the Web, Personality Goes a Long Way
When competing online, offering a personal touch will only serve you.
Top Tips to Make Your Website SEO Friendly
There is a saying, "build it and they will come," but this definitely doesn't always apply to websites. The best way to get people to your website is to make sure it's search engine optimized. It can be a tricky …
Oops! Common Mistakes Young Entrepreneurs Make on Their Websites
As a businessperson, it's understood that website traffic is one of the biggest factors in your success. Making sure that search engines find you and push customers to your site is of utmost importance. The real question, however, is what …
The Biggest Mistake Internet Entrepreneurs Make
My last post was all about why you shouldn’t give up on the dream, and as I sat down to think about my next post here I realized the logical follow-up was something along the lines of Okay, now what? …
Beef Up Your Blog Traffic in 30 Days or Less
By now, you know how important it is to have a blog, right? Whatever business you're in, blogging is a must. It helps you and your business in so many ways. Blogging can bring more traffic to your site, help …
Warning: Traffic Generation is not One-Size-Fits-All
I can't begin to tell you how many countless times I've heard someone ask the question, "how do you get more traffic to your website?" And I don't mean to me per say, but in general. This really is the …
Beginning at the End: The Results-Driven Approach to Doing Business Online
Why do business online? Sounds like a simple question, but it's a question that is often asked way too late by businesses. When I ask potential clients why they want to build a website or re-launch a website, the typical …
5 Simple Steps to Getting Started With an E-Commerce Site
Most of the people I meet who are new to ecommerce suffer from the same false pretense that simply having an ecommerce site is all they need. Once it's up and running, the search engines will find them, the seas …
7 of the Biggest SEO Mistakes Most People don't Know they're Making
It's been said that the first page of search engine results is the most highly coveted real estate on the Internet. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of websites exist for the same keywords, but only around 10 can appear on page …
How LivingSocial + Amazon.com = One Crazy Idea
When you're looking at the deals that come into your email box each day, most of them get deleted. And when you're browsing Facebook or moving the Twitter updates up and down, you're probably dismissing most of the information you …
Milewise — Make Your Airline Miles Rewarding
A program for your frequent flyer miles that helps you cash in the miles you have so you can get the rewards you want — sound crazy? Not anymore. No more waiting around for the miles to be redeemed or …
The Importance of Good Design for Startups
Though you may be a brand new startup without the towering credentials of your experienced competitors, you should never appear this way to your clients or potential investors. In the beginning stages of your company, it is important to give …
How To Optimize Your Website For Search Engines
In order to optimize your website, you need to ask yourself three questions: 1. How are people searching for my products and/or services? 2. Which sites are winning for those searches and why? 3. Which searches can I "win"? (This …
How To Maximize Search Engine Marketing
Each search engine has their own rules, and like anything else internet-related, they change without notice. However, there are a few basics you can build into your web site will help you retain a good ranking. Start with choosing a …
How To Get Your Small Business Website Higher In Google’s Search Results
A great start to increasing your page's ranking in search results is by adding links that point to your webpage. When links that point to your page have the relevant keyword text in them, it will automatically rank higher in …
Lessons Learned: 7 Internet Marketing Tips
Learning from your mistakes is great. Learning from someone else's mistakes is even better. These are seven Internet marketing tips I've learned from trial and error. Tip #1: Don't Say You're the Best – Prove It I'm ashamed to admit …
They've Reached Your Site, Now What?
In the last couple of months, we've covered creating your vision for your business then planting the seeds using tactics such as social networking. Today we will discuss closing the deal once they've' reached their destination, aka your website. I …
10 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Website Design Company
Choosing a website design company is a critical decision. You’re not just putting a project in their hands, you’re entrusting your business to them. This questionnaire will help you assess the website design companies that you are considering. From understanding …
3 Simple Things You Can Do Today for SEO
If you're not an experienced web developer or webmaster, there are a few things you may not be doing that could significantly contribute to helping your website(s) rank higher in search engines. These are simple things that anyone with basic …
How to Market Your Products or Services Online
For those used to traditional advertising strategies, venturing into Internet marketing can seem like wading into murky waters. Too many advertisers approach it blind, lacking a firm understanding of why they are doing what they're doing, or what exactly they …
The Real Cost of Lost Opportunity
As the CEO of Blue Fountain Media, a company that prides itself on designing, developing and marketing websites designed to drive business, it drives me absolutely crazy when I see businesses that fail to treat their online businesses with the …
Google Sandbox — Named for Impatience of Webmasters
One of the biggest fears that website owners have is that their site will not rank well in Google. When it comes to optimizing their site, many of them are afraid that if they build too many links in too …
Strong Domains as the Springboard to Successful Businesses
There are plenty of places to budget, scrimp and cut costs when you're starting your own business. You probably don't need expensive business cards or top-shelf office supplies. But one place you may need to blow the bank is your …
Your Website can be Your Best Friend or Worst Enemy
To be successful online, you must change the way you think about your website. As a matter of fact, your website is no different from an online cold-call. With cold-calls, you only have a few seconds to impress or connect …
Top Blog Awards – Best Technology Blogs
We recently started our new annual blog awards series where we'll be recognizing our favorite blogs from a variety of categories. There are a lot of really great blogs out there that we at YoungEntrepreneur.com read and learn from on …
