Archive for the ‘Brainstorm eZine’ Category
Friday, August 8th, 2008
(Be sure to read all the way to the bottom where I've included links you can use to get listed in green directories, join campaigns, and add credibility to your site if you're running a green business.)
Let's start this month's article with a friendly disclaimer. I am aware that ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Here are ten easy ways you can get more links to your website.
Comment on High Traffic Websites: One great way to not only boost your website rankings but to also increase your visibility and get additional traffic to your website is to post meaningful comments on blogs and websites that ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
You've probably heard this advice before: You become the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.
We are influenced in a powerful way by those we choose to spend our time and energy with. This applies not only to your personal life and growth, but also to ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
"You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
If you provide great products/services with fantastic customer service you'll find your customers keep coming back. And it's much easier to KEEP a customer than it is to FIND a new ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Do you value your relationship with your customers (and potential customers)? Do you really want to connect with them and help them? If so, make more available on your website than just your catalog of items for sale or services for hire! Here's an example: My kids love to shop ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Building Credibility
Selling requires building a relationship of trust with a potential buyer. This applies online as well as offline. You must build a relationship with the consumer through your website that creates trust before that consumer will feel comfortable making a purchase. Here are 6 easy ways you can ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Answering Customer Questions
An effective website should focus on meeting the customer's needs and helping them be sure that the products you offer are exactly what they want. To help customers determine if your products or services are right for them, you need to answer their questions. Only when their questions ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
This week we'll continue focusing on ways to make your website work FOR you instead of against you in making sales. "Bells & whistles" can be fun, but be careful with fancy features.
Here are four things to keep in mind when enhancing your website with fancier features-Quick Page Download Time ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
If your site isn't easy to navigate, your customers will get confused and confusion does not lead to happy shoppers or to sales! So let's avoid confusing our website visitors.
1) Make your site easy to navigate and intuitively clear where to find things. Is your site easy to navigate? It ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Is your website running as smoothly as it could be? Here are eight important areas to check your websites function and professionalism. Compatibility: Is your website compatible with all the major search engines? Test it on as many browsers as you can, and do a quick check at http://www.browsershots.org ...
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Michelle Shaeffer, The Small Business Muse™ has been a work at home mom since 2000 and has 15 years experience with the internet and website design. She owns several online businesses as well as regularly working tech support desks and providing advanced VA services for select clients.