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Advertising Online Part_ Google Adwords Part 1

Posted by Adam Barger on February 15th, 2011

In case you didn't know Google makes virtually all of it's money from pay per click advertising. When you do a search on Google you'll see several results which are actually ads. These are typically the top two results at the top of the page and then all the results listed on the right hand…

Search Engine Optimization_ The Basics

Posted by Adam Barger on February 14th, 2011

Search engine optimization or (SEO) is the process of optimizing web pages to achieve better search engine ranking. Good search engine ranking is important because it's the best way to drive relevant traffic to your website. And relevant traffic will ultimately lead to more leads and more customers for your business. In this article I'll…

Starting A Business_ How To Setup Credit Card Processing

Posted by Adam Barger on February 11th, 2011

One of the very first things you need to do when starting a business is figure out how you're going to take money. Whether you're selling a product or a service you must make it as easy as possible for your customers to pay. The easiest way for most people to pay you will be…

Starting A Business_ Choosing An Affordable Phone System

Posted by Adam Barger on February 10th, 2011

When starting a business one of the first things you'll need is a phone number. Maybe you think you'll start small and use your cell phone. I have to tell you that gets old quickly. Using your primary cell phone number as a business line will not let you easily separate your private life and…

Starting A Business_ Resist The Urge To Spend Instead Of Work

Posted by Adam Barger on February 9th, 2011

When it comes to spending in business less is more. It forces you to become more efficient than your competitors. And business efficiencies are really where the money is made. Think of some of the great examples of people who took an idea a lot of other people had at the time but made it…

Starting A Business_ You're In Business When You Have A Customer

Posted by Adam Barger on February 8th, 2011

One of the most difficult thing about getting a business started is knowing where to start. Some people think you have to get incorporated, do the research on all the appropriate business licenses, get an office, and setup all kinds of insurance policies. Don't be mislead. The first thing you need to do to start…

Starting A Business_ Don't Catch A Case Of The "What Ifs?"

Posted by Adam Barger on February 7th, 2011

A common scenario that stops people from starting their own business and being successful in business is a case of what I call the "What If's?". This is when someone gets and idea for a business but every time they set out to pursue getting it started they ask themselves "What if?". Consequently they find…

Starting A Business_ Products vs. Services

Posted by Adam Barger on February 5th, 2011

Something I've learned over the years is that there are two primary types of businesses. There are product businesses and service businesses. Product businesses are those businesses that produce something which can be made available to millions of people over and over. Great examples of product businesses are the TVs, cars, and coca cola. All…

How To Drive Traffic To Your Website With Social Bookmarking

Posted by Adam Barger on February 2nd, 2011

Have you heard of social bookmarking? Social bookmarking is a way real people just like you can save web addresses and share them with anyone else on the web. For example_ If you found WebStarts then you already found a great place to build a <a href="http://webstarts.com">free website</a> . So rather than simply bookmarking WebStarts…

How To Get Found On Google Instantly

Posted by Adam Barger on February 1st, 2011

Did you know your site can get listed on Google instantly? There is a new feature in the last year on Google called real time search. Realtime search displays relevant twitter and facebook posts as they occur on the web. You can take advantage of this system and get your site listed on Google instantly.…

How To Drive Traffic To Your Website With Online Videos

Posted by Adam Barger on January 27th, 2011

In my opinion there is no better way to drive traffic to your website right now than video. It's predicted nearly 50% of internet traffic will be videos in the coming years. The beauty about video is the fact there are much fewer people that know how to make a video and put it online…

How To Drive Traffic To Your Website With How To Websites

Posted by Adam Barger on January 27th, 2011

One of the hottest trends on the web in the last several years have been "How to" websites. These are sites where anybody can go, sign up for an account and write an article explaining how to do something. How to websites can be a great place for you to drive traffic to your website…

How To Drive Traffic To Your Website With Mixx

Posted by Adam Barger on January 25th, 2011

Similar to the site I covered in yesterday's blog - Mixx is a social news engine and a great place to submit a link to your website or blog in order to get more traffic. Once you submit your link to Mixx it's likely to get crawled by Google in a matter of hours. When…

How To Drive Traffic To Your Website With Digg

Posted by Adam Barger on January 24th, 2011

Have you heard of Digg? Digg is a super popular social news website where people can submit any link they find newsworthy and then Digg's users choose whether to "Digg" the content or bury it. This basically works like a human filtered bookmarking service. People are constantly submitting new content to Digg and the audience…

How To Drive Traffic To Your Website With Blog Posts

Posted by Adam Barger on January 21st, 2011

Search engines love blog posts. They're a source of rich, relevant text which their computers are programmed to crawl and organize quickly and efficiently. They alos contain many social aspects which give the search engine a clue to their popularity. Here are a few ways you can utilize blogs to drive more traffic to your…

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