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Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
As A Marketer, Are You Having A Problem Keeping Track Of Everything?
Do you have to go to different sites for your keeping track of your campaigns, keywords, spreadsheets, keeping track of the money that you make/lose, conversion tracking. If the answer is yes then maybe you need something different. Then you need to visit this site:
stats junky .
From one site keep track of:
* Campaigns
* Keywords
* The make/lose of the money
* Conversion tracking
They have:
* Training videos
* Webinars
* Forums
* The integration with major PPC networks
* The integration with hundreds of affiliate networks
* Keyword level profit/loses
* Custom income & expense stats tracking
* Mobil phones can be used to check stats
* No needs for spreadsheets
What better way then to have it all in one place at one time. Check it out for yourself. If it can save you some time and effort that is a good thing.
This is a bonus if you want to learn more about ads, go to marketing hackz
10 creative ads that are to the point with photos.
We would like to hear from you, leave your comments.
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stats junky .
From one site keep track of:
* Campaigns
* Keywords
* The make/lose of the money
* Conversion tracking
They have:
* Training videos
* Webinars
* Forums
* The integration with major PPC networks
* The integration with hundreds of affiliate networks
* Keyword level profit/loses
* Custom income & expense stats tracking
* Mobil phones can be used to check stats
* No needs for spreadsheets
What better way then to have it all in one place at one time. Check it out for yourself. If it can save you some time and effort that is a good thing.
This is a bonus if you want to learn more about ads, go to marketing hackz
10 creative ads that are to the point with photos.
We would like to hear from you, leave your comments.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Friday, May 29, 2009
Promotional Powerhouse For Your Business Are Ebooks
Part 2
Ebooks are also immediately obtainable. You don't have to go to a bookstore or search through endless tittles at an online bookstore. All you have to do is download it from a website, and presto! It's on your computer, ready to be read.
Ebooks are interactive. This is one of the most unique and specific qualities that ebooks offer. You can add surveys that need to be filled out, order forms for customers to purchase your products or goods, sound and video that draw your reader into the virtual world of your ebook, even direct links to relevant sites that will expand your ebook outward. The potential is virtually limitless.
Ebooks have a particular kind of permanence that other mediums do not possess. Television shows and radio shows air once, and then may rerun a few times. Ebooks remain on your computer for as long as you choose, and they can even be printed out and stored on the shelves of your traditional home library.
Another wonderful quality is that ebooks have no barriers in terms of publishing. You don't need to go through the endless process of submitting your manuscript over and over again, and once you land an agent, having the agent submit your manuscript over and over again. Nor do you have to shell out thousands of dollars for printing a self-published book. All ebooks require is a writer and appropriate software. Figure out your market, write your ebook, post it on your website, and with the right business savvy, your audience will come to you.
Finally, you have creative control over your ebook. You don't have to compromise with a editor or the publishing trends of the time. You don't have to haggle with a designer or wait for copy edited galleys to arrive by snail mail. You are in complete control of the design and the text.
Look at all the advantages you have when you write an ebook. No one tells you "it is not good enough to be in print." Or "no one will read this." You do not have to deal with all that rejection that you usually get when you try to publish a book.
We enjoy the great comments that you leave, please leave one.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Ebooks are also immediately obtainable. You don't have to go to a bookstore or search through endless tittles at an online bookstore. All you have to do is download it from a website, and presto! It's on your computer, ready to be read.
Ebooks are interactive. This is one of the most unique and specific qualities that ebooks offer. You can add surveys that need to be filled out, order forms for customers to purchase your products or goods, sound and video that draw your reader into the virtual world of your ebook, even direct links to relevant sites that will expand your ebook outward. The potential is virtually limitless.
Ebooks have a particular kind of permanence that other mediums do not possess. Television shows and radio shows air once, and then may rerun a few times. Ebooks remain on your computer for as long as you choose, and they can even be printed out and stored on the shelves of your traditional home library.
Another wonderful quality is that ebooks have no barriers in terms of publishing. You don't need to go through the endless process of submitting your manuscript over and over again, and once you land an agent, having the agent submit your manuscript over and over again. Nor do you have to shell out thousands of dollars for printing a self-published book. All ebooks require is a writer and appropriate software. Figure out your market, write your ebook, post it on your website, and with the right business savvy, your audience will come to you.
Finally, you have creative control over your ebook. You don't have to compromise with a editor or the publishing trends of the time. You don't have to haggle with a designer or wait for copy edited galleys to arrive by snail mail. You are in complete control of the design and the text.
Look at all the advantages you have when you write an ebook. No one tells you "it is not good enough to be in print." Or "no one will read this." You do not have to deal with all that rejection that you usually get when you try to publish a book.
We enjoy the great comments that you leave, please leave one.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Promotional Powerhouse For Your Business, Are Ebooks
Ebooks are part of the new frontier of cyberspace. They are an entirely new medium for sharing marketing information, ideas, techniques, and expert knowledge. Each day the number of people accessing the Internet grows, causing the exposure of your ebook to increase incrementally. It's obvious why electronic self-publishing has become so popular so quickly.
The publishing industry, (hope that it stays this way) does not intend to forever banish the printed word to the dustbin of history. Books in print have their own special qualities and merits, and the world would be diminished by their disappearance.
Having said that, let's look at what makes ebooks so important and so unique. Ebooks have certain abilities and qualities that other mediums do not possess.
For example, ebooks are fairly easy to produce, and their production cost is inexpensive. Just think about it: you don't need a publisher, an agent, a printing press, offset film, ink, paper, or even a distributor. You just need a great concept, the ability to write it or to hire a writer, and the right software.
Additionally, ebooks are easily and rapidly distributed online. They are also easily updated; they do not require a second print run. All you need is to go into your original creation and modify the text or graphics. Because of this flexibility, ebooks can change and grow as fast as you can type.
More to come tomorrow. Please leave your comments. We love to read them.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
The publishing industry, (hope that it stays this way) does not intend to forever banish the printed word to the dustbin of history. Books in print have their own special qualities and merits, and the world would be diminished by their disappearance.
Having said that, let's look at what makes ebooks so important and so unique. Ebooks have certain abilities and qualities that other mediums do not possess.
For example, ebooks are fairly easy to produce, and their production cost is inexpensive. Just think about it: you don't need a publisher, an agent, a printing press, offset film, ink, paper, or even a distributor. You just need a great concept, the ability to write it or to hire a writer, and the right software.
Additionally, ebooks are easily and rapidly distributed online. They are also easily updated; they do not require a second print run. All you need is to go into your original creation and modify the text or graphics. Because of this flexibility, ebooks can change and grow as fast as you can type.
More to come tomorrow. Please leave your comments. We love to read them.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Why Should You Write An Ebook?
After you've written your ebook.
Getting your ebook out is going to be your focus once you've finished writing it, just as it is with print books. People will hesitate to buy any book from an author they've never heard of. Wouldn't you?
The answer is simple: give it away! You will see profits in the form of promoting your own business and getting you name and brand out for others to see and know. You will find affiliates who will ask you to place their links within your ebook, and these affiliates will in turn go out and make your name and brand known. Almost every single famous ebook author has started out this way.
Another powerful tool to attract people to your ebook is to make it interactive. Invent something for them to do within the book rather than just producing pages that contain static text. let your readers fill out questionnaires, forms even crossword puzzles geared to testing their knowledge on a particular subject. Have your readers hit a link that will allow them to recommend your book to their friends and associates. Or include an actual order form so at the end of their reading journey, they can eagerly buy your product.
When people interact with books, they become a part of the world of that book. The fact is just as true for books in print as it is for ebooks.
That's why ebooks are so essential. Not only do they provide a forum for people to learn and make sense of their own thoughts, but they can also serve to promote your business at the same time. How does not want something that is out on the web working hard for you 24/7 without you doing anything else but write it and put it on a website.
Make sure that it is of value to others. Do they want to know more about this subject. They have to know the value of this book, this is a $19. 99 value for free.Give it a value so that they will value the ebook that they are getting free.
We love to read your comments. Please leave them.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Getting your ebook out is going to be your focus once you've finished writing it, just as it is with print books. People will hesitate to buy any book from an author they've never heard of. Wouldn't you?
The answer is simple: give it away! You will see profits in the form of promoting your own business and getting you name and brand out for others to see and know. You will find affiliates who will ask you to place their links within your ebook, and these affiliates will in turn go out and make your name and brand known. Almost every single famous ebook author has started out this way.
Another powerful tool to attract people to your ebook is to make it interactive. Invent something for them to do within the book rather than just producing pages that contain static text. let your readers fill out questionnaires, forms even crossword puzzles geared to testing their knowledge on a particular subject. Have your readers hit a link that will allow them to recommend your book to their friends and associates. Or include an actual order form so at the end of their reading journey, they can eagerly buy your product.
When people interact with books, they become a part of the world of that book. The fact is just as true for books in print as it is for ebooks.
That's why ebooks are so essential. Not only do they provide a forum for people to learn and make sense of their own thoughts, but they can also serve to promote your business at the same time. How does not want something that is out on the web working hard for you 24/7 without you doing anything else but write it and put it on a website.
Make sure that it is of value to others. Do they want to know more about this subject. They have to know the value of this book, this is a $19. 99 value for free.Give it a value so that they will value the ebook that they are getting free.
We love to read your comments. Please leave them.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Why Should You Write An Ebook?
Part 3
One of the most prevalent reason people read ebooks is to find information about how to turn their Internet businesses into a profit-making machine. And these people are looking to the writers of ebooks to provide them with new ideas and strategies because writers of ebooks are usually people who understand the new cyberspace world we now live in. Ebook writers are experts in Internet marketing campaigns and the strategies of promoting and distributing ebooks. The cyberspace community needs its ebooks to be successful so that more and more ebooks will be written.
You may want to create affiliate programs that will also market your ebook. Affiliates can be people or businesses worldwide that will all be working to sell your ebooks. Think about this? Do you see a formula for success here?
Figure out what your subject matter is, and then narrow it down. Your goal is to aim for specificity. Research what's out there already, and try to find a void that your ebook might fill.
What about an ebook about a wedding cake business? Or an ebook about caring for elderly pets? How about the fine points of collecting ancient pottery?
You don't have to have three masters degrees to write about a subject. People need advice that is easy to read and easily understood. Parents need advice for dealing with their teenagers. College students need to learn good skills-quickly. The possibilities are endless. Choose one and go for it. An ebook does not have to be long, just full of good information.
More to come tomorrow. Please leave your comments. Thank you.
copyright Dan and Deanna "marketing Unscrambled"
One of the most prevalent reason people read ebooks is to find information about how to turn their Internet businesses into a profit-making machine. And these people are looking to the writers of ebooks to provide them with new ideas and strategies because writers of ebooks are usually people who understand the new cyberspace world we now live in. Ebook writers are experts in Internet marketing campaigns and the strategies of promoting and distributing ebooks. The cyberspace community needs its ebooks to be successful so that more and more ebooks will be written.
You may want to create affiliate programs that will also market your ebook. Affiliates can be people or businesses worldwide that will all be working to sell your ebooks. Think about this? Do you see a formula for success here?
Figure out what your subject matter is, and then narrow it down. Your goal is to aim for specificity. Research what's out there already, and try to find a void that your ebook might fill.
What about an ebook about a wedding cake business? Or an ebook about caring for elderly pets? How about the fine points of collecting ancient pottery?
You don't have to have three masters degrees to write about a subject. People need advice that is easy to read and easily understood. Parents need advice for dealing with their teenagers. College students need to learn good skills-quickly. The possibilities are endless. Choose one and go for it. An ebook does not have to be long, just full of good information.
More to come tomorrow. Please leave your comments. Thank you.
copyright Dan and Deanna "marketing Unscrambled"
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Why Should You Write An Ebook?
Part 2
Perhaps, in desperation, you've checked out self-publishing and found out just how expensive a venture it can be. Most "vanity presses" require minimal print runs of at least 500 copies, and even that amount will cost you thousands of dollars. Some presses' minimal run starts at 1,000 to 2,000 copies. And that's just for the printing and binding. Add in distribution, shipping and promotional costs and well, you do the math. Even if you wanted to go this route, you may not have that kind of money to risk.
Let's say you already have an Internet business with a quality website and a quality product. An ebook is one of the most powerful ways to promote your business while educating people with the knowledge you already possess as a business owner of a specific product or service.
For example, let's say that you've spent the last twenty-five years growing and training bonsai trees, and now you're ready to share your knowledge and experience. An ebook is the perfect way to reach the largest audience of bonsai enthusiasts.
Ebooks will not only promote your business-they will help you make a name for yourself and your company, and establish you as an expert in your field. You may even find that you have enough to say to warrant a series of ebooks. Specific businesses are complicated and often require the different aspects to be divided in order for the reader to get the full story.
Perhaps your goals are more finely tuned in terms of the ebook scene. You may want to build a whole business around writing and publishing ebooks. Essentially, you want to start an e-business. You are thinking of setting up a website to promote and market your ebooks. Maybe you're even thinking or producing an ezine. Both of these are great for promoting your business and building your list.
More to come tomorrow. Hope that everyone has a good Holiday weekend (for those in the States.) Please leave your comments we love to read them.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Perhaps, in desperation, you've checked out self-publishing and found out just how expensive a venture it can be. Most "vanity presses" require minimal print runs of at least 500 copies, and even that amount will cost you thousands of dollars. Some presses' minimal run starts at 1,000 to 2,000 copies. And that's just for the printing and binding. Add in distribution, shipping and promotional costs and well, you do the math. Even if you wanted to go this route, you may not have that kind of money to risk.
Let's say you already have an Internet business with a quality website and a quality product. An ebook is one of the most powerful ways to promote your business while educating people with the knowledge you already possess as a business owner of a specific product or service.
For example, let's say that you've spent the last twenty-five years growing and training bonsai trees, and now you're ready to share your knowledge and experience. An ebook is the perfect way to reach the largest audience of bonsai enthusiasts.
Ebooks will not only promote your business-they will help you make a name for yourself and your company, and establish you as an expert in your field. You may even find that you have enough to say to warrant a series of ebooks. Specific businesses are complicated and often require the different aspects to be divided in order for the reader to get the full story.
Perhaps your goals are more finely tuned in terms of the ebook scene. You may want to build a whole business around writing and publishing ebooks. Essentially, you want to start an e-business. You are thinking of setting up a website to promote and market your ebooks. Maybe you're even thinking or producing an ezine. Both of these are great for promoting your business and building your list.
More to come tomorrow. Hope that everyone has a good Holiday weekend (for those in the States.) Please leave your comments we love to read them.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Friday, May 22, 2009
Why Should You Write An Ebook
It's not true that everything that has been said has already been written. Since that unfortunate axiom came into use, the whole universe has changed. Technology has changed, ideas have changed, and the mindsets of entire nations have changed.
The fact is that this is the perfect time to write an ebook. What the publishing industry needs are people who can tap into the world as it is today-innovative thinkers who can make the leap into the new millennium and figure out how to solve old problems in a new way. Ebooks are a new and powerful tool for original thinkers with fresh ideas to disseminate information to the millions of people who are struggling to figure out how to do a plethora of different things.
Let's say you already have a brilliant idea, and the knowledge to back it up that will enable you to write an exceptional ebook. You may be sitting at your computer staring at a blank screen wondering, "why? why should I go through all the trouble of writing my ebook when it's so impossible to get anything published these days?
Well, let me assure you that publishing an ebook is entirely different than publishing a book in print. Let's look at the specifics of how the print and cyber publishing industry differ, and the many reasons why you should take the plunge and get your fingers tapping across those keyboards!
Submitting a print book to conventional publishing houses or to agents is similar to wearing a hair shirt24/7. No matter how good your book actually is, or how many critique services and mentor writers have told you that "you've got what it takes," your submitted manuscript keeps coming back to you as if it is a booming instead of a valuable mine of information.
More on this tomorrow. Please leave your comments, we would love to read them.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
The fact is that this is the perfect time to write an ebook. What the publishing industry needs are people who can tap into the world as it is today-innovative thinkers who can make the leap into the new millennium and figure out how to solve old problems in a new way. Ebooks are a new and powerful tool for original thinkers with fresh ideas to disseminate information to the millions of people who are struggling to figure out how to do a plethora of different things.
Let's say you already have a brilliant idea, and the knowledge to back it up that will enable you to write an exceptional ebook. You may be sitting at your computer staring at a blank screen wondering, "why? why should I go through all the trouble of writing my ebook when it's so impossible to get anything published these days?
Well, let me assure you that publishing an ebook is entirely different than publishing a book in print. Let's look at the specifics of how the print and cyber publishing industry differ, and the many reasons why you should take the plunge and get your fingers tapping across those keyboards!
Submitting a print book to conventional publishing houses or to agents is similar to wearing a hair shirt24/7. No matter how good your book actually is, or how many critique services and mentor writers have told you that "you've got what it takes," your submitted manuscript keeps coming back to you as if it is a booming instead of a valuable mine of information.
More on this tomorrow. Please leave your comments, we would love to read them.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Thursday, May 21, 2009
How To Increase Your Link Popularity!
Not all sites want to link to other sites, so you will have to do some research when you are looking for possible linking partners. Google is an excellent starting place for your search. Make sure you enter keywords that you think quality customers will also enter to find your own site. Remember, your criteria are quality, highly ranked, non-competing websites that have links or resources page. Go to these sites and objectively assess them. Look at the quality of the product, the graphics, and the ease of use. Then check out the other sites they are linked to, and determine if your own site would fit in with the crowd.
When you decide you have found a good prospect, you must set out to woo them. The first thing to do is to add a link on your own links page to their site. This is an essential first step; it shows good faith, and ups your chances significantly of their reciprocity. After you have added their link, you must contact the webmaster of their site. Since this is almost always done by email, you want to make sure it is immediately clear that your massage is not junk mail. This requires that you tell them right off the bat that you have added a link to their page on your site. A hook like this almost always insures the reader will read on.
Next, be sure to be flattering and let them know how much you appreciate their website. Make sure you emphasize that you have actually visited their site, and that their site is not just a random pick. Give them the address of your links page, and ask them to check out the link for themselves. It's a good idea to mention that they will not only benefit from the increased traffic your website will direct their way, but you will also increase their link popularity. Briefly,explain why link popularity is so essential, but do this in a sentence or two so you don't sound like a professor! Finally, tell them you would greatly appreciate if they would reciprocally add a link on their own links page to your website.
Go through this process with as many appropriate sites as you can find, bearing in mind the criteria of quality and non-competitiveness. After you have emailed all relevant sites, be sure to check these website frequently to see if they have added a link to your page. Give it about a month, and if no link appears, try another charming email. Then give it another month, and if your site is still absent from their links page, it's time to remove their link from your own links page. The only time you want to pursue a link further thatn this is if you believe a site is crucial to your link popularity and your business needs. Just remember to keep all your communications complimentary and cordial.
Then set up a schedule to check your ranking in search engines frequently to see if your link popularity has improved. This is not achievable in the blink of an eye. It will take some time and a good deal of work. There is no way around the labor-intensive quality of improving your link popularity, which is why search engines regard it with such importance.
By the way-make sure you have a beautiful, streamlined site or you will never persuade anyone to link up to you. Be prepared to keep plugging away at this process, as long as it takes, until you achieve link popularity stardom!
We love to read your comments. Please leave one. Thank you.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
When you decide you have found a good prospect, you must set out to woo them. The first thing to do is to add a link on your own links page to their site. This is an essential first step; it shows good faith, and ups your chances significantly of their reciprocity. After you have added their link, you must contact the webmaster of their site. Since this is almost always done by email, you want to make sure it is immediately clear that your massage is not junk mail. This requires that you tell them right off the bat that you have added a link to their page on your site. A hook like this almost always insures the reader will read on.
Next, be sure to be flattering and let them know how much you appreciate their website. Make sure you emphasize that you have actually visited their site, and that their site is not just a random pick. Give them the address of your links page, and ask them to check out the link for themselves. It's a good idea to mention that they will not only benefit from the increased traffic your website will direct their way, but you will also increase their link popularity. Briefly,explain why link popularity is so essential, but do this in a sentence or two so you don't sound like a professor! Finally, tell them you would greatly appreciate if they would reciprocally add a link on their own links page to your website.
Go through this process with as many appropriate sites as you can find, bearing in mind the criteria of quality and non-competitiveness. After you have emailed all relevant sites, be sure to check these website frequently to see if they have added a link to your page. Give it about a month, and if no link appears, try another charming email. Then give it another month, and if your site is still absent from their links page, it's time to remove their link from your own links page. The only time you want to pursue a link further thatn this is if you believe a site is crucial to your link popularity and your business needs. Just remember to keep all your communications complimentary and cordial.
Then set up a schedule to check your ranking in search engines frequently to see if your link popularity has improved. This is not achievable in the blink of an eye. It will take some time and a good deal of work. There is no way around the labor-intensive quality of improving your link popularity, which is why search engines regard it with such importance.
By the way-make sure you have a beautiful, streamlined site or you will never persuade anyone to link up to you. Be prepared to keep plugging away at this process, as long as it takes, until you achieve link popularity stardom!
We love to read your comments. Please leave one. Thank you.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
How To Increase Your Link Popularity
Part 2
The next thing to bear in mind is the quality of the site you are linking to. Never link to a page you have reservations about your visitors seeing. The last thing you want your website to appear as is indiscriminate and cheap. Linking to sites of poor quality will only lessen your link popularity, if not completely destroy it.
So let's get to what you need to do to achieve supreme link popularity and improve your rankings to stellar status on all the popular search engines.
The first step, and the fastest way to get your foot in the door, is to get a listing in a popular directory, such as Open Directory Project and Yahoo. If your site is business-related, you will want to be listed on Yahoo, and despite the fact that it will cost you around $ 300 a year, it will be money well spent. If your site is non-commercial, the listing will be free, but it will take time and follow-up to actually get it listed. Open Directory it gives you a free listing whether you are business-related or non-commercial, but be prepared to make a lot of follow-up inquiries before you see your site listed. If you are just starting and do not have the $ 300 this is a good way to go.
You are aiming to get listed in the highest level of appropriate category, and this just takes some common sense. For example, if your company ships Alpaca wool from an Alpaca farm located in the middle of Nowhere, Tiny State, do NOT submit your listing to "Retailers from Nowhere, Tiny State."BIG MISTAKE! All you have to do is look a little deeper-and submit you listing to the "Fine Alpaca Wool" category. You will not only associate yourself with culture and quality, but you will be listed in a national category.
The next step after you have attained directory listings is to locate other quality sites that will increase your link popularity. Try to find sites that are in some way related to yours, so not only will your link popularity increase, but your customer base may also be expanded. You want to avoid your competitors and look for sites that are useful to your site's visitors. Let's look at the Alpaca wool site example. Linking up to a site that sells knitting supplies would be helpful to your visitors, and the chances of the knitting supply site wanting to link up to your site are also greater. By linking to a related site that will be relevant to your website's traffic, you are increasing both of your site's business prospects-and both of your sites link popularity.
More coming tomorrow. Please leave your comments they are so welcome. Have a good day.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing unscrambled"
The next thing to bear in mind is the quality of the site you are linking to. Never link to a page you have reservations about your visitors seeing. The last thing you want your website to appear as is indiscriminate and cheap. Linking to sites of poor quality will only lessen your link popularity, if not completely destroy it.
So let's get to what you need to do to achieve supreme link popularity and improve your rankings to stellar status on all the popular search engines.
The first step, and the fastest way to get your foot in the door, is to get a listing in a popular directory, such as Open Directory Project and Yahoo. If your site is business-related, you will want to be listed on Yahoo, and despite the fact that it will cost you around $ 300 a year, it will be money well spent. If your site is non-commercial, the listing will be free, but it will take time and follow-up to actually get it listed. Open Directory it gives you a free listing whether you are business-related or non-commercial, but be prepared to make a lot of follow-up inquiries before you see your site listed. If you are just starting and do not have the $ 300 this is a good way to go.
You are aiming to get listed in the highest level of appropriate category, and this just takes some common sense. For example, if your company ships Alpaca wool from an Alpaca farm located in the middle of Nowhere, Tiny State, do NOT submit your listing to "Retailers from Nowhere, Tiny State."BIG MISTAKE! All you have to do is look a little deeper-and submit you listing to the "Fine Alpaca Wool" category. You will not only associate yourself with culture and quality, but you will be listed in a national category.
The next step after you have attained directory listings is to locate other quality sites that will increase your link popularity. Try to find sites that are in some way related to yours, so not only will your link popularity increase, but your customer base may also be expanded. You want to avoid your competitors and look for sites that are useful to your site's visitors. Let's look at the Alpaca wool site example. Linking up to a site that sells knitting supplies would be helpful to your visitors, and the chances of the knitting supply site wanting to link up to your site are also greater. By linking to a related site that will be relevant to your website's traffic, you are increasing both of your site's business prospects-and both of your sites link popularity.
More coming tomorrow. Please leave your comments they are so welcome. Have a good day.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing unscrambled"
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
How To Increase Your Link Popularity?
Search engines are the gateway to the Internet; they are the first tool that potential customers use to find the products and services they need. This is why link popularity is so imperative. If the customers do not find your website, you have no possibilities of making any sales.
You're probably wondering what the blazes is popular about a link! Well, in a word- plenty! Link popularity refers to the ranking assigned to your website by the search engines, and it determines the ranking your page gets when keywords are entered into a search engine. So, you're probably wondering, how do I make my link popular?
Search engines are discretionary, giving status and ranking to sites that have links to their pages from related, quality sites. It's a simple formula, but a very important one. Google created the system, and now virtually all the most popular search engines employ it to rank your web pages in their indexes.
The more commonly used your keywords is, the harder it will be to achieve link popularity, but without achieving this step, it is almost certain your site will never rank highly on any search engine. But don't be discouraged; there are tried and true ways of achieving link popularity using the most competitive keywords.
There are a few things you should be aware of. The first is that just linking up with a large number of other websites will not achieve link popularity. In fact, it may have quite the opposite effect. This is particularly true when pertaining to websites that are nothing more than "link farms" - pages containing line after line of indiscriminate links. Search engines may aggressively discriminate against your website if you are associated with a link farm, so steer clear of them!
We welcome your comments. More on this tomorrow.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
You're probably wondering what the blazes is popular about a link! Well, in a word- plenty! Link popularity refers to the ranking assigned to your website by the search engines, and it determines the ranking your page gets when keywords are entered into a search engine. So, you're probably wondering, how do I make my link popular?
Search engines are discretionary, giving status and ranking to sites that have links to their pages from related, quality sites. It's a simple formula, but a very important one. Google created the system, and now virtually all the most popular search engines employ it to rank your web pages in their indexes.
The more commonly used your keywords is, the harder it will be to achieve link popularity, but without achieving this step, it is almost certain your site will never rank highly on any search engine. But don't be discouraged; there are tried and true ways of achieving link popularity using the most competitive keywords.
There are a few things you should be aware of. The first is that just linking up with a large number of other websites will not achieve link popularity. In fact, it may have quite the opposite effect. This is particularly true when pertaining to websites that are nothing more than "link farms" - pages containing line after line of indiscriminate links. Search engines may aggressively discriminate against your website if you are associated with a link farm, so steer clear of them!
We welcome your comments. More on this tomorrow.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Monday, May 18, 2009
Four, Helpful Blogs To Help With Different Things!
If you what people to follow your blog than you will want to read these posts.
Go to: http://www.ridnmoney.com/2009/05/how-to-increase-pagerank-in-easy-way.htm to help with increasing your page ranking. And another post from the same blog.
Go to: http://www.ridnmoney.com/2009/05/how-to-identify-dofollow-and-nofollow.html
to help with getting people to follow your blog or website.
This is a new channel on you tube dedicated to teach people how to use free advertising techniques with the use of video. Go to:
http://www.quickregister.net/wordpress/2009/05/14/free-videos-on-free-advertising-techniques/
Some of the videos include "How to set up a subscription button." And "Create a customized toolbar for your website". They have 9 right now and adding more all the time.
If you are needing more traffic to your blog. Add your blog to this directory to get more traffic to your blog. Go to: http://www.directory.everything-fine.info/ . Add your blog to as many directories as you can. It gets your blog noticed sooner, rather than later.
Enjoy. They are very different blogs and the you tube site. But they can all be of use to you in different ways.
Dan and Deanna"Marketing Unscrambled"
Go to: http://www.ridnmoney.com/2009/05/how-to-increase-pagerank-in-easy-way.htm to help with increasing your page ranking. And another post from the same blog.
Go to: http://www.ridnmoney.com/2009/05/how-to-identify-dofollow-and-nofollow.html
to help with getting people to follow your blog or website.
This is a new channel on you tube dedicated to teach people how to use free advertising techniques with the use of video. Go to:
http://www.quickregister.net/wordpress/2009/05/14/free-videos-on-free-advertising-techniques/
Some of the videos include "How to set up a subscription button." And "Create a customized toolbar for your website". They have 9 right now and adding more all the time.
If you are needing more traffic to your blog. Add your blog to this directory to get more traffic to your blog. Go to: http://www.directory.everything-fine.info/ . Add your blog to as many directories as you can. It gets your blog noticed sooner, rather than later.
Enjoy. They are very different blogs and the you tube site. But they can all be of use to you in different ways.
Dan and Deanna"Marketing Unscrambled"
Sunday, May 17, 2009
How Is Your Web Traffic Doing?
Part 2
It could be that your keywords are directing the wrong type of visitors to your website, or that your graphics are confusing or intimidating, causing visitor to exit rapidly. Use the knowledge of how much time visitors are spending on your site to pinpoint specific problems, and after you fix those problems, continue to use time spent as a gauge of how effective your fix has been.
Additionally, web traffic stats can help you determine effective and ineffective areas of your website. If you have a page that you believe is important, but visitors are exiting it rapidly, that page needs attention. You could, for example, consider improving the link to this page by making the link more noticeable and enticing, or you could improve the look of the page or the ease that your visitors can access the necessary information on that page.
If, on the other hand, you notice that visitors are spending a lot of time on pages that you think are less important, you might consider moving some of your sales copy and marketing focus to that particular page.
As you can see, these statistics will reveal vital information about the effectiveness of individual pages, and visitor habits and motivation. This is essential information to any successful Internet marketing campaign.
Your website undoubtedly has exit pages, such as a final order or contact form. This is a page you can expect your visitor to exit rapidly. However, no every visitor to your site is going to find exactly what he or she is looking for, so statistics may show you a number of different exit pages. This is normal unless you notice a exit trend on a particular page that is not intended as an exit page. In the case that a significant percentage of visitors are exiting your website on a page no designed for that purpose, you must closely examine that particular page to discern what the problem is. Once you pinpoint potential weaknesses on that page, minor modifications in content or graphic may have a significant impact on the keeping visitors moving through the site instead of exiting at the wrong page.
After you have analyzed your visitor statistics, it's time to turn to your keywords and phrases. Notice if particular keywords are directing a specific type of visitor to your site. The more targeted the visitor-meaning that they find what they are looking for on your site, and even better, fill out your contact form or make a purchase-the more valuable that keyword is.
However, if you find a large number of visitors are being directed-or should I say misdirected-to your site by a particular keyword or phrase, that keyword demands adjustment. Keywords are vital to bringing quality visitors to your site who are ready to do business with you. Close analysis of the keywords your visitors are using to find your site will give you a vital understanding of your visitor's needs and motivations.
Finally, if you notice that users are finding your website by typing in your company name, it is time to celebrate! It means that you have achieved a significant level of brand recognition, and this is a sure sign of burgeoning success.
We would love to hear from you. Please leave your comments.
copyright Dan and Deanna Finlinson "Marketing Unscrambled"
It could be that your keywords are directing the wrong type of visitors to your website, or that your graphics are confusing or intimidating, causing visitor to exit rapidly. Use the knowledge of how much time visitors are spending on your site to pinpoint specific problems, and after you fix those problems, continue to use time spent as a gauge of how effective your fix has been.
Additionally, web traffic stats can help you determine effective and ineffective areas of your website. If you have a page that you believe is important, but visitors are exiting it rapidly, that page needs attention. You could, for example, consider improving the link to this page by making the link more noticeable and enticing, or you could improve the look of the page or the ease that your visitors can access the necessary information on that page.
If, on the other hand, you notice that visitors are spending a lot of time on pages that you think are less important, you might consider moving some of your sales copy and marketing focus to that particular page.
As you can see, these statistics will reveal vital information about the effectiveness of individual pages, and visitor habits and motivation. This is essential information to any successful Internet marketing campaign.
Your website undoubtedly has exit pages, such as a final order or contact form. This is a page you can expect your visitor to exit rapidly. However, no every visitor to your site is going to find exactly what he or she is looking for, so statistics may show you a number of different exit pages. This is normal unless you notice a exit trend on a particular page that is not intended as an exit page. In the case that a significant percentage of visitors are exiting your website on a page no designed for that purpose, you must closely examine that particular page to discern what the problem is. Once you pinpoint potential weaknesses on that page, minor modifications in content or graphic may have a significant impact on the keeping visitors moving through the site instead of exiting at the wrong page.
After you have analyzed your visitor statistics, it's time to turn to your keywords and phrases. Notice if particular keywords are directing a specific type of visitor to your site. The more targeted the visitor-meaning that they find what they are looking for on your site, and even better, fill out your contact form or make a purchase-the more valuable that keyword is.
However, if you find a large number of visitors are being directed-or should I say misdirected-to your site by a particular keyword or phrase, that keyword demands adjustment. Keywords are vital to bringing quality visitors to your site who are ready to do business with you. Close analysis of the keywords your visitors are using to find your site will give you a vital understanding of your visitor's needs and motivations.
Finally, if you notice that users are finding your website by typing in your company name, it is time to celebrate! It means that you have achieved a significant level of brand recognition, and this is a sure sign of burgeoning success.
We would love to hear from you. Please leave your comments.
copyright Dan and Deanna Finlinson "Marketing Unscrambled"
Thursday, May 14, 2009
A New Website To Look At!
If you are needing photos, video, music and more for you website or blog then you need to look at this site. http://www.apture.com it is free to sign up. Enjoy.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
How Is Your Web Traffic Doing?
Analyzing your web traffic statistics can be an invaluable tool for a number of different reasons. But before you can make full use of this tool, you need to understand how to interpret the data.
Most web hosting companies will provide you with basic web traffic information that you then have to interpret and make pertinent use of . However, the data you receive from your host company can be overwhelming if you don't understand how to apply it to your particular business and website. Let's start by examining the most basic data-the average visitors to your site on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
These figures are the most accurate measure of you website's activity. It would appear on the surface that the more traffic you see recorded, the better you can assume your website is doing, but this is an inaccurate perception. You must also look at the behavior of your visitors once they come to your website to accurately gauge the effectiveness of your site.
There is often a great misconception about what is commonly known as "hits" and what is really effective, quality traffic to your site. Hits simply means the number of information requests received by the server.If you think about the fact that a hit can simply equate to the number of graphics per page, you get the idea of how overblown the concept of hits can be. For example, if your homepage has 15 graphics on it, the server records this as 15 hits, when in reality we are talking about a single visitor checking out a single page on your site. As you can see, hits are not useful in analyzing your website traffic.
The more visitors that come to your website, the more accurate your interpretation will become. The greater the traffic is to your website, the more precise your analysis will be overall trends in visitor behavior. The smaller the number of visitors, the more a few anomalous visitors can distort the analysis.
The aim is to use the web traffic statistics to figure out how well or how poorly your site is working for your visitors. One way to determine this is to find out how long on average your visitors spend on your site. If the time spent is relatively brief, it usually indicates an underlying problem. Then the challenge is to figure out what that problem is.
More to come tomorrow. Please leave your comments. We like the feedback.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Most web hosting companies will provide you with basic web traffic information that you then have to interpret and make pertinent use of . However, the data you receive from your host company can be overwhelming if you don't understand how to apply it to your particular business and website. Let's start by examining the most basic data-the average visitors to your site on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
These figures are the most accurate measure of you website's activity. It would appear on the surface that the more traffic you see recorded, the better you can assume your website is doing, but this is an inaccurate perception. You must also look at the behavior of your visitors once they come to your website to accurately gauge the effectiveness of your site.
There is often a great misconception about what is commonly known as "hits" and what is really effective, quality traffic to your site. Hits simply means the number of information requests received by the server.If you think about the fact that a hit can simply equate to the number of graphics per page, you get the idea of how overblown the concept of hits can be. For example, if your homepage has 15 graphics on it, the server records this as 15 hits, when in reality we are talking about a single visitor checking out a single page on your site. As you can see, hits are not useful in analyzing your website traffic.
The more visitors that come to your website, the more accurate your interpretation will become. The greater the traffic is to your website, the more precise your analysis will be overall trends in visitor behavior. The smaller the number of visitors, the more a few anomalous visitors can distort the analysis.
The aim is to use the web traffic statistics to figure out how well or how poorly your site is working for your visitors. One way to determine this is to find out how long on average your visitors spend on your site. If the time spent is relatively brief, it usually indicates an underlying problem. Then the challenge is to figure out what that problem is.
More to come tomorrow. Please leave your comments. We like the feedback.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Your Web Performance, How To Evaluate It?
Part 2
If your website is set-up to get visitors to fill out a form, make sure to then figure out what the difference is between your site conversion rate and your sales conversion rate. This is because not everyone who fills out your form will actually become your customer. However, whether your site is set-up to sell a service or product, or to get the visit or to fill out a form, the site conversion rate will measure the success or failure of your website whenever you make changes to the site.
You may find that you need to implement some additional marketing strategies if you find that traffic to your site is extremely low. There are several effective methods to improve the flow of traffic to your website, particularly launching a search engine optimization campaigns. This campaign is targeted at increasing your position in search engine results so that consumers can find your pages faster and easier. You can either research the steps you need to take to improve your search rankings, or employ a search engine optimization company to do the work for you. In either case, after you have improved your search engine positions, make sure you keep on top of them by regular monitoring and adjusting of you efforts to maintain high positions.
Another factor to examine is how easy it is for a visitor to your website to accomplish the action the site is set-up for. For example, if your goal is for the visitor to fill out a form, is this form easily accessible, or does the visitor have to go through four levels to get to it? If it's too difficult to get to, the customer may just throw in the towel and move on to another site. Make sure your buttons are highly visible, and the path to your form or ordering page is quickly accessible.
Finally, have a professional evaluate the copy on your site. The goal is, of course, to get your visitor to make a purchase or fill out your form. Website copy must be specifically geared to your online campaign and not just a cut and paste job from your company's brochure. The right copy can make the difference between profit and loss in your online campaign.
We love hearing your comments. Please leave one. Thank you.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
If your website is set-up to get visitors to fill out a form, make sure to then figure out what the difference is between your site conversion rate and your sales conversion rate. This is because not everyone who fills out your form will actually become your customer. However, whether your site is set-up to sell a service or product, or to get the visit or to fill out a form, the site conversion rate will measure the success or failure of your website whenever you make changes to the site.
You may find that you need to implement some additional marketing strategies if you find that traffic to your site is extremely low. There are several effective methods to improve the flow of traffic to your website, particularly launching a search engine optimization campaigns. This campaign is targeted at increasing your position in search engine results so that consumers can find your pages faster and easier. You can either research the steps you need to take to improve your search rankings, or employ a search engine optimization company to do the work for you. In either case, after you have improved your search engine positions, make sure you keep on top of them by regular monitoring and adjusting of you efforts to maintain high positions.
Another factor to examine is how easy it is for a visitor to your website to accomplish the action the site is set-up for. For example, if your goal is for the visitor to fill out a form, is this form easily accessible, or does the visitor have to go through four levels to get to it? If it's too difficult to get to, the customer may just throw in the towel and move on to another site. Make sure your buttons are highly visible, and the path to your form or ordering page is quickly accessible.
Finally, have a professional evaluate the copy on your site. The goal is, of course, to get your visitor to make a purchase or fill out your form. Website copy must be specifically geared to your online campaign and not just a cut and paste job from your company's brochure. The right copy can make the difference between profit and loss in your online campaign.
We love hearing your comments. Please leave one. Thank you.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Monday, May 11, 2009
Just A Plug For A Friend's Blog
If you want to know good things for helping your pocket book. Check out our friend's blog. Jacques does a very nice job at explaining the financial side of things. Go see for yourself. It is good.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Your Website Performance, How To Evaluate It?
Setting up a website is the very first step of an Internet marketing campaign, and the success or failure of your site depends greatly on how specifically you have defines your website goals. If you don't know what you want your site to accomplish, it will most likely fail to accomplish anything. Without goals to guide you in developing and monitoring your website, all your site will be is an online announcement that you are in business.
If you expect your site to stimulate some form of action, whether it is visitors filling out a form so a representative can contact them, or purchasing a product, there are steps you can take to insure that your website is functioning at peak efficiency. One of the first indicators of how well your site is working for you is finding out the number of visitors in a given period of time. A good baseline measurement is a month in which you haven't been doing any unusual offline promotional activities.
However, just because hoards of people have passed through your gates does not mean your site is successful. Usually, you want those visitors to actually do something there. It is equally important to monitor the number of visitors to your site who made a purchase. This figure is called the site conversion rate, and it is an essential element of the efficiency of your website.
To find the site conversion rate, take the number of visitors per month and figure out the percentage of them that actually performed the action your site is set up for. For example, if you had 2,000 hits to your site, but only 25 of them purchased your product, your site conversion rate equals 1.25%. To get this figure, take your number of visitors and divide that figure by the number of visitors who made a purchase. Then divide that result by 100 ( 25 ?00 x 100 ).
Please leave a comment. We would be glad to hear from you. More on this tomorrow.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
If you expect your site to stimulate some form of action, whether it is visitors filling out a form so a representative can contact them, or purchasing a product, there are steps you can take to insure that your website is functioning at peak efficiency. One of the first indicators of how well your site is working for you is finding out the number of visitors in a given period of time. A good baseline measurement is a month in which you haven't been doing any unusual offline promotional activities.
However, just because hoards of people have passed through your gates does not mean your site is successful. Usually, you want those visitors to actually do something there. It is equally important to monitor the number of visitors to your site who made a purchase. This figure is called the site conversion rate, and it is an essential element of the efficiency of your website.
To find the site conversion rate, take the number of visitors per month and figure out the percentage of them that actually performed the action your site is set up for. For example, if you had 2,000 hits to your site, but only 25 of them purchased your product, your site conversion rate equals 1.25%. To get this figure, take your number of visitors and divide that figure by the number of visitors who made a purchase. Then divide that result by 100 ( 25 ?00 x 100 ).
Please leave a comment. We would be glad to hear from you. More on this tomorrow.
copyright Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
To All The Mother's
We hope that all mother's had a good mother's Day. We wish you all the best.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Sunday, May 10, 2009
This Is A Good Site To Go To Check Things Out!
This is a good site to visit often if you want to check out a website. This site gives you some very good sites to check out. It also gives you scams to look out for. If you want good places to place ads, get a business opportunity and much more. It has a lot of different areas to look at, it is worth the time to check it our. Go to http://.webtradebureau.com . It is a place to help you stay safe on the Internet.
Friday, May 8, 2009
If You Don't Have A Home-Based Buniness, Start One Today!
Sandy Botkin is a CPA, attorney and former trainer of IRS attorneys nationwide. He lectures all over the nation on tax planning for self-employed and corporate taxpayers and can be seen in the big events with Donald Trump, Anthony Robbins and many others. He has been written up in Newsweek and in many other magazines. He is also a syndicated writer and noted author of this famed tape series "Tax Strategies for Business Professionals" and " Tax and Financial Strategies for Residential Real Estate."
Part 5
Renegade Strategy: Learn to duplicate the success of others.
Duplicating the strategy of others is much quicker and more effective than going to the school of hard knocks.
It is also known as modeling, which is well-illustrated by the way The McDonald's Corporation blazed a trail to success that many have since followed.
In the early 1950's McDonald's and other start-up companies discovered that they could grow many times faster than the conventional firms through franchising. Instead of the company investing millions of dollars to build new stores, they let independent franchises do it for them.
It seemed like a great idea, but at first no one figured out how to make it succeed on a consistent basis; therefore, the media attacked relentlessly and continually. News articles featured destitute families who had lost their life savings through franchising schemes. Virtually every state attorney general in the U.S. condemned the new marketing method. Some congressmen even tried to outlaw franchising entirely.
Over the years, however, Ray Kroc and his management team at McDonald's developed a turnkey franchise business team at McDonald's franchise. The new found success-from the system-turned public perception of franchising around. Today, virtually every franchise business models-to some extent-the franchise business system created by McDonald's, making franchising one of the most respected ways of doing business in the world.
Modeling is simply learning what other successful people have done to achieve success in a specific area, and then doing the same thing. Someone said that "education is the shortcut to experience." With modeling, you literally leverage your own learning with the collective years of learning through experience of many others. Modeling the success of others saves both time and money and reduces frustration and stress.
The light at the end of the tunnel, for you and millions of others today, is the financial opportunity that starting your own business offers. If you have one going already, than make sure are enjoying the many financial advantages to which your smart choices entitles you. The tax advantage alone can make a home-based business the single best financial move you could ever make.
We hope that you enjoyed learning more about how a home-based business could help you. To learn more go to Sandy Botkin . He has great knowledge of the taxes of the U.S. He is one of the best to learn from don't you think. If you learn from the best you do not need the rest. Follow the modeling that has already proven themselves. Sandy has proven his knowledge on this subject.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Thursday, May 7, 2009
If You Don't Have A Home-Based Business, Sart One Today!
Sandy Botkin is a CPA, attorney and former trainer of IRS attorneys nationwide. He lectures all over the nation on tax planning for self-employed and corporate taxpayers and can be seen in the big events with Donald Trump, Anthony Robbins and many others. He has been written up in Newsweek and in many other magazines. He is also a syndicated writer and noted author of this famed tape series "Tax Strategies for Business Professionals" and "Tax and Financial Strategies for Residential Real Estate."
Part 4
Renegade Strategy: If you don't have a home-based business, Start one!
In addition to all the benefits mentioned before, Congress will subsidize you while you are growing your home-based business. If your home-based business produces a tax loss in the first year or so, you can use that tax loss against any other income you have. It can be used against any other income you have. It can be used against wages earned as an employee, dividends, pensions, or interest income-or you can use the loss against your spouse's earnings if you file joint return.
If the tax loss exceeds all your income for this year, no problem. You can carry back the loss two years and get a refund from the IRS for up to the last two years of income taxes paid, or you can carry over the loss twenty years. You read it right: you can offset up to 20 years of income!
Here's an example:
Mike earns $ 50,000 in a job with the government. If he starts a home-based business that generates a tax loss of 10,000, he only pays tax on $ 40,000.
Renegade Tip: You can never lose a properly documented business deduction as long as you run your legitimate business like a business with a bona fide business purpose and have an honest expectation of profit. Make also sure that all your expenses are ordinary and necessary and reasonable as noted in our Tax Advantage and Tax Strategy Program.
Renegade Strategy: Get LUCK-Labor Under Correct knowledge.
Can You Succeed In a Home-based Business?
Research has constantly shown that it is rarely the business that determines success or failure. It is usually the business owner. Why does one person succeed and another one fail at the some business?
Two words-Knowledge and Action.
Some people want the benefits of having their own business, but they don't take action. The result is business failure.
Then there are the people who are always working. They take action but still fail.
The reason is that they are not taking the correct actions, the knowledgeable actions, that will bring the desired results. Again, business failure.
It's like drilling for oil. If you set up a drilling rig in your back yard, it is going to fail at producing oil unless your back yard is in Texas or Alaska. The same rig in a good field will produce a gusher, because it was placed where oil was known to exist.
The point is that most people who get excited about starting their own home-based business do so without all the necessary knowledge. Consequently, many people quit before they acquire, through experience, the knowledge they need, without realizing that they are getting substantial tax breaks. This leads to another strategy...
To learn more, got to Sandy Botkin for more about him and what he teaches. Please leave your comments. We would love to hear from you.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
If You Don't Have A Home-Based Business, Start One Today!
Sandy Botkin is a CPA, attorney and former trainer of IRS attorneys nationwide. He lectures all over the nation on tax planning for self-employed and corporate taxpayers and can be seen in the big events with Donald Trump, Anthony Robbins and many others. He has been written up in Newsweek and in many other magazines. He is also a syndicated writer and noted author of this famed tape series "Tax Strategies for Business Professionals" and " Tax and Financial Strategies for Residential Real Estate."Part 3
Why a Home-based Business Makes So Much "Cents"
There are many reasons why so many people are favoring home-based over traditional business.
There is no commute ( unless you have a really big home), no boss, little if any chance of lawsuits, much lower overhead, no employees, ( or few ), and far fewer government restrictions. In fact, many of the laws previously cited don't apply to small firms with few or no employees. It is for these reasons, according to Entrepreneur magazine, that 95 percent of home-based businesses succeed in their first year and achieve an average income of $ 50,250 per year with many earning much more.
There are really two sets of tax laws in this country. One is for employees, and it allows deductions for individual retirement accounts, 401 (k) s ( if you have one set up by your company ), interest and property taxes on your home ( which some in Congress want to do away with ), and charity. Then there are the laws for home-based business people who conduct their business either full-time or part-time. They can deduct, with proper documentation, their house, their spouse, and even children (by hiring them ), their business vacations, their cars, and their food with colleagues. they can also set up a pension plan that makes any government plan seem paltry by comparison.
For Lori-and for you-the meaning of all this is simple:
Lori earned $ 15,000 in salary as an employee, but took home only $ 1,156. She could have netted the entire $ 15,000 had she earned it in a home-based business!
This is an increase of almost 13 times her take-home pay as an employee.
Notice that Lori is not spending dramatically more money than she is currently spending. She would eat out anyway, go on trips and drive her car the same as before. By having a home-based business, however, many of their expenses become deductible. This concept is known as "redirecting expenses." With a legitimate home-based business, she can now deduct some of the expenses that she is incurring anyway.
More to come for the next two days. For today, please leave your comments.
Go to this site for more information on Sandy Botkin .
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
If You Don'r Have A Home-Based Business, Start One Today!
Part 2Sandy Botkin is a CPA, attorney and former trainer of IRS attorneys nationwide. He lectures all over the nation on tax planning for self-employed and corporate taxpayers and can be seen in the big events with Donald Trump, Anthony Robins and many others. He has been written up in Newsweek and in many other magazines. He is also a syndicated writer and noted author of this famed tap;e series "Tax Strategies for Business Professionals" and "Tax and Financial Strategies for Residential Real Estate."
Where The Money Goes
Ms. Quinn's example assumed that a man was earning $ 40,000 per year. His wife ( we will call her Lori ) wasn't working. They had More month than money. (Sound familiar?) Lori subsequently got an administrative job for $ 15,000 per year. You would think this would improve the family's financial situation, but when Ms. Quinn examined the economics of getting this extra income, the results were startling!
Lori had to pay federal and state taxes on her new income. Since they filed jointly, the family's combined income was what established their tax bracket. She paid $ 4,500 in new taxes, most of which was non-deductible, for federal and state income tax.
Lori had social security withheld from her paycheck at the rate of 7.65% , which amounted to an additional nondeductible amount of $1,148 being extracted from her salary. She also had to commute to work 10 miles a day round trip, which is probably conservative for most people. This resulted ( in 1995 ) in nondeductible commuting cost of $ 696.
Lori also had some child care expenses, which give a partial tax credit. Ms Quinn figured that the amount spent over and beyond the tax credit was $ 4,250 per year.
Lori also ate out each day with colleagues, spending an average of $5 per day, five days a week. This results in a nondeductible expense of $ 1,250 per year. ( I would love to know where she ate for only $ 5!)
Now that Lori has a job, she has to have professional slothing, this means a hefty dry cleaning bill. Ms Quinn assumed that Lori's increased expenses here amounted to an extra $ 1,000 per year, nondeductible, of course.
Finally, with both spouses working, Lori wasn't in the mood to cook dinner every night. They bought more convenience foods and ate out more frequently. This resulted in increased food costs of a nondeductible $ 1,000 per year in minimum.
Add it all up and Lori's take home pay was a paltry $ 1,156 a year, for which she had to put up with a daily commute, an unpleasant boss, and corporate hassles.
No wonder more and more people are starting home-based businesses. In fact, there are currently an estimated 30 million people working from their homes. This number is expected to more than triple, to 97 million, by the year 2000, and to keep on growing. This has become and will continue to be one of the greatest mass movements in the U.S.
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Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Monday, May 4, 2009
If You Don't Have a Home-Based Business, Start One Today!
This is a report by Sandy Botkin, he is a CPA, attorney and former trainer of IRS attorneys nationwide. He lectures all over the nation on tax planning for self-employed and corporate taxpayers and can be seen in the big events with Donald Trump, Anthony Robbins and many others. He has been written up in Newsweek and in many other magazines. He is also a syndicated write and noted author of this famed tape series "Tax Strategies for Business Professionals" and "Tax and Financial Strategies for Residential Real Estate."
The last decade may have been a decade of tremendous corporate profits and economic growth, but for the vast majority of North Americans, the 90's were a dismal, uphill climb. And many economists believe that this new millennium won't be getting better any time soon.
why ?
Changing business and government attitudes are the reason. There has seemingly been more anti-business legislation in the last decade that in any other this century. Stronger employment and labor laws, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Comprehensive Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA, which includes mandating health insurance for workers for a period of time after they leave employment), safety laws, much tougher laws for discharging workers, more liabilities for lawsuits, Family Leave Act, Americans With Disabilities Act (which is creating immense numbers of lawsuits), along with higher minimum wages and fringe benefits.
Just reading this list is exhausting.
While these acts have beneficial and protective aspects, they have also encouraged businesses to move their facilities. That "sucking sound" popularized by Ross Perot is not just down to Mexico, but elsewhere as well. The result has been a dramatic loss of heavy industry in the U.S.
The young and the middle-aged alike are realizing that their dream of "having a job with a company forever" is an illusion . Companies have been downsizing, rightsizing, and capsizing for some time now, and they continue to do so-more now than ever before. Even the federal and state governments are getting into the act with layoffs and attrition of jobs.
In addition to all this uncertainty and mutual lack of loyalty between companies and employees, even the workers who do keep their jobs have no guarantee of promotions due to the shrinking number of management positions. These circumstances aggravate the already tryingly long commutes in rush hour traffic and increasingly typical frustrated boss-spelled backwards, that double S-O-B.
Finally, if all this isn't bad enough, under recent tax laws employees are shafted more than ever with limits and thresholds for their employee deductions and higher social security tax limits. This results in more couples working than ever before and, on many occasions,working more than one job. It is now almost impossible to have only one job in the family and make ends meet! Today, many households need three incomes just to survive.
Sadly, having more than one job does not produce any major positive effect on most people's bank accounts. Why? Because of tax laws. This was well illustrated in 1994 by Jane Bryant Quinn in her Woman's Day article on "How to live on One Salary."
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
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Friday, May 1, 2009
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Monitoring Search Engine Positions
Part 3
Another factor to monitor carefully is a sudden drop of your positions in all search engines. This is not the same as monthly fluctuations-this is a neon red warning sign! It could mean a number of different things.
If all your search engine positions have plummeted, it may indicate that search engines spiders-those sneaky programs that seek out your site and rank the positions-have found some type of problem with your website.If you have recently changed the code, the spider may become utterly confused and consequently drop your positions disastrously. If a spider creeps up on your website when it is down for adjustments or changed, you may actually disappear from a search engine index entirely, or a search engine may drastically change its formula, and suddenly all of your website come up as irrelevant. If that search engine is a current favorite, it may create a domino effect, causing all of your positions to drop in all search engines.
Some search engines rely on the results from other search engines, and it is vital that you know which engines these are and keep track of all the engines they influence. The biggest problem here is that search engines will sometimes change affiliations, and this can create a major shift in the geography of the Internet. For example, recently Yahoo decided to display only results gleaned from Google. So you must not only monitor your own positions, but you must keep abreast of seismic shifts in the landscape of the Internet as a whole.
Finally, pay attention to your keywords. Keyword are the foundation bricks of the entire search engine system, and if you have found that a number of your positions have plummeted, it may mean that a page of your website has become invisible or inaccessible to search engine spiders. Or the competition for that particular keyword or phrase has recently rocketed into outer space. In either case, you must act quickly and efficiently to regain lost ground.
Your search engine marketing campaign is an investment. It costs you time and money on a continual basis. Protect this investment as diligently as you would your financial portfolio. In the same way, track your positions from an objective perspective, and monitor your positions on a regular basis. Make sure your time and effort reap rewards by keeping your eye on the big picture-your long-term marketing campaign.
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copyright Dan and Deanna Finlinson "Marketing Unscrambled"
Another factor to monitor carefully is a sudden drop of your positions in all search engines. This is not the same as monthly fluctuations-this is a neon red warning sign! It could mean a number of different things.
If all your search engine positions have plummeted, it may indicate that search engines spiders-those sneaky programs that seek out your site and rank the positions-have found some type of problem with your website.If you have recently changed the code, the spider may become utterly confused and consequently drop your positions disastrously. If a spider creeps up on your website when it is down for adjustments or changed, you may actually disappear from a search engine index entirely, or a search engine may drastically change its formula, and suddenly all of your website come up as irrelevant. If that search engine is a current favorite, it may create a domino effect, causing all of your positions to drop in all search engines.
Some search engines rely on the results from other search engines, and it is vital that you know which engines these are and keep track of all the engines they influence. The biggest problem here is that search engines will sometimes change affiliations, and this can create a major shift in the geography of the Internet. For example, recently Yahoo decided to display only results gleaned from Google. So you must not only monitor your own positions, but you must keep abreast of seismic shifts in the landscape of the Internet as a whole.
Finally, pay attention to your keywords. Keyword are the foundation bricks of the entire search engine system, and if you have found that a number of your positions have plummeted, it may mean that a page of your website has become invisible or inaccessible to search engine spiders. Or the competition for that particular keyword or phrase has recently rocketed into outer space. In either case, you must act quickly and efficiently to regain lost ground.
Your search engine marketing campaign is an investment. It costs you time and money on a continual basis. Protect this investment as diligently as you would your financial portfolio. In the same way, track your positions from an objective perspective, and monitor your positions on a regular basis. Make sure your time and effort reap rewards by keeping your eye on the big picture-your long-term marketing campaign.
We would like to hear from you, leave your comments please.
copyright Dan and Deanna Finlinson "Marketing Unscrambled"
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