Archive for the ‘internet marketing’ Category

Branding, simplified.
Branding for startups, small businesses and Entrepreneurs…
Some “branding experts” are saying that you should spend thousands of dollars on branding. Don’t believe them.
First, I must explain, that there may be a valid reason for some companies to spend thousands, even millions, of dollars on branding, however, these are typically large corporations and other well-established [...]

A Blog is a great way to market yourself, share your knowledge and put yourself out as an expert in your field.
Most bloggers gain their traffic from 3 sources, inbound links (other websites linking to yours), search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, etc.) and social media (Facebook, MySpace, Squidoo, Digg, etc.).
Take your content to where the [...]

You’ve got a website right?  And you have value and services to offer the world.  Are you leveraging your website effectively to compel your visitors to action?
There are mutliple things to consider when going about this.  Here are some questions you may want to ask yourself:

Who is my target audience?
What am I offering?
What is the [...]

Five Effective Business Networking Tools
There are many ways to market a business product or service. Business Networking has proved to be very effective and is an essential skill for most business people, especially entrepreneurs. People are assets; many customers will make a choice over one business or the other because of the person representing that [...]

A website can be used for much more than just a place to obtain information. A website can be a tool in accomplishing your goals, whether that is to earn more money, acquire more leads, entertain and/or inform more people, etc.
It’s easy to create a great looking website, but what’s the use if there’s no [...]

Thanks to dailyblogtips.com for these excellent tips:
Some time ago I wrote an article titled ‘Are you marketing your blog?‘ where I argued that there is a myth around the Internet that bloggers and webmasters should not spend money on advertising. The myth comes in great extent from the success stories of people that managed to [...]

Today more and more people are turning to online directories to find businesses in their town. This is especially true with the newer generation, the millennials, who rarely pick up a phone book.
Is your business listed yet?
You might want to take some time to see if your business is listed on Google Maps, Yahoo! Local [...]

Here are some useful website traffic generation and marketing recommendations.  Most of these tips can easily be done by anyone.

List your business and website on directories such as Google Maps, Yahoo Local, Yellowpages.com and Superpages.com (they all offer free basic listings).
Create a profile on facebook.com, myspace.com, linkedin.com and other social networking sites.  Make sure that [...]

When I find useful information I like to share it.  There are thousands of blogs out there offering great tips on things from branding and marketing to SEO and blogging.  I bring some of the most valuable information together here.
The following tips come from smallbusinessbranding.com. If you like this information you may want to visit [...]

Thanks to dailyblogtips.com for these great tips:
First of all a big ‘thank you” for every one who participated. As I said before the number of entries surprised me (and the quality as well, I will definitely apply some of those tips myself).
Now, without further delay, the 30 Traffic Generation Tips:
1. Sridhar Katakam
Keep track of blogs [...]