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I’m so over WordPress, but HTML coded me that way.

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  After months of writing and rewriting your business plan, you are finally ready for investors.  But, before you tackle that mountain, you decide to sell on Facebook.  You find the sales are there, but they come in slow, not what you expected for one-of-a-kind items that everyone could use.  Should you be thinking website?  After all the research you’ve done, you know a website adds a certain amount of creditably to a business, that a Facebook business page cannot. This and all the other reasons a website is a necessity, you start your search for a web designer. The plan includes a professional, clean-cut website, with great content, fantastic item displays, and easy- to-manage applications.  You want to be able to display each image from different angles, offer seasonal sales, keep track of purchases for and have a one-click buy now button.   And so m

29 Ways to Collect Email Addresses for Your Business

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Place an offer to join your mailing list on the back of your business cards. Participating in a tradeshow: Offer to sign-up people right on the spot using a tablet-let them know, of course, they will receive an email to confirm membership Include a newsletter sign-up link in your email signature block. Invite your address book members to join your list. Become a member of your local Chamber of Commerce, email the member list, introduce yourself, with a link to sign up to your newsletter. Host your own event – Art galleries, software companies, retail shops, consultants (lunch & learn) can all host an event and request attendees to sign up. Offer a birthday club; give something special to people who sign up. Incentivize your employees – Give them $ for collecting VALID email addresses. Give away something for free like a PDF. Ask website visitors to sign up to your opt-in form before you let them download

How to get your blog on Google, or easy tips so readers find you?

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A blog as defined by Merriam-Webster is written content, posted on a website, that can contain ”online personal reflections, comments…” A blog can be about any subject.  They can be authored by anyone.  Each person that comes to that table, sits down with their own perspective on a subject, experience, and writing skills. A blog should be interesting, informative, and readable. Before you sit down and write, it’s a good idea to first, decide what you’re writing about and put your ideas in an outline. When writing your outline a blogger should consider the keywords and keyword phrases that will bring in the readers. Keywords are the words readers will search on in Google to find your finished work. Regardless of the subject, a keyword search, to find the right words to use in the content, will help the blog author with rankings. For example, using the word BLOG as a keyword may not have the results you desire, as it’s too common a word. Keywords work much