The days of reciprocal links with irrelevant sites are long gone. Today search engines (and by search engines you know we mean “Google Search”) require that the links to your site and from your site be authorities to be worth anything. Your Website Needs Useful, Informative, Accurate, Reliable and Promoted Content Don’t put filler content […]
Communicating on the Net
When you’re speaking to someone face to face, it’s easy to understand what they’re saying. After all, we don’t only speak with our mouths; we actually communicate using our bodies too. When face to face, you can read someone’s hand gestures, body language, tone of voice and facial expressions. All of this makes it very […]
What Are Linkable Assets and Why Are They Important?
Part of good search engine optimization (SEO) is building links. This includes internal links to other parts of your website as well as building external links to various pages of your website. A linkable asset is a part of your site such as a page or a blog post – a useful element that your […]
How to use Friends+ Me
One of the predictions for 2014 is that there will be more tools created to help business owners gain more control over their social media marketing. For example Hootsuite helps manage several Twitter accounts, schedule posts, and track analytics. Friends+ Me is a new tool for Google+ users. What Does Friends+ Me Do? What Makes […]
Understanding Risks and Why You Must Take Some
Some people are very risk adverse, others are excited by risk. Regardless of which category you fit into, taking risks is a must if you want to be successful in life. Many people view risk taking as a negative factor but if you think about it and put risk taking into perspective, there are smart […]
Tips for Getting Informative Feedback from Customers
One of the best ways to improve your business is to get feedback from your customers, and then implement changes and improvements based on that feedback. However, it can be a daunting task getting the feedback from your customers if you don’t know how to make it part of doing business with each customer. Gather […]
How to Stay Committed To Your Business
When starting your own business it’s often easy to get yourself started, but a lot harder to keep yourself going when things get a bit more tough. Here are ten tips to help you stay committed. 1. Set goals. Without goals, there’s really not much reason for you to be in business. If you want […]
The Three Ps of Successful Time Management
The fact is, no one ever has more than 24 hours in any given day. You cannot really get more time in your day no matter how hard you try. You have a set budget of time, and it’s the same for everyone. Yet, some people seem to get so much done in the same […]
How to Track Your Time, the Old Fashioned Way
In this day and age we’re all attached to our digital devices. We communicate with the, we use them to schedule appointments and we often strive to budget our finances and track our time with them too. Yet many people are not digital people. It’s okay to prefer pen and paper or to keep a […]
Teaching Yourself to Think Outside the Box
Some people are big picture thinkers, and some people are not automatically able to see outside of the box they created for themselves. Fortunately, there are tricks to help you learn to think outside of the box and see the big picture so that you can approach any problem from an entirely new perspective. Identify […]