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Updating Your Web Site Efficiently

Many new webmasters, and even seasoned web designers, create web sites that are very inefficient in regard to updates. Updating your site keeps visitors coming back day in and day out, while at the same time giving search engines plenty to index. Yet if t... Read >

The Wonders of Content Management Systems

As you get serious about your web site, your time will become invaluable. A content management system is the best way to maximize your efforts What A Content Management System Does for You A good CMS system will allow you to update can entire site b... Read >

Starting A Business – The Three "P"s

There are a lot of factors to consider when starting a business. Primary among these are the three "P"s – Plan, Prepare and Persist. Plan After you have selected some ideas from your brainstorming to base your business around, create a plan of attac... Read >

Problems Adding RSS Feeds To My Yahoo – Feedburner Solution

In the last few weeks, adding feeds to My Yahoo has been next to impossible. Here's a solution that worked for me with a feedburner feed. Why Won't It Add My FeedIf you have a blog, adding it to My Yahoo via a feed is a fairly standard option. To do this,... Read >

Keyword Tracking

Keyword tracking allows a site owner to know what keyword searches are resulting in sales. Search term information can be logged into a database and presented to web site owners in a meaningful format. This data can be used to see which keywords are produ... Read >

The Power of Web Forms

Web forms allow site owners to gather information about their site visitors. Web forms can be as simple as an email newsletter subscription box, or as complex as an advanced ecommerce checkout page. Here are some tips on making the most of your web forms.... Read >

Local Businesses and Web Sites

It seems that most successful businesses these days have web sites, even businesses that service only certain geographic areas. On the web, where the market place is global, localized businesses can be at a great disadvantage. A Local Business Web Sit... Read >

Why Your Web Designer Should Know About Web Marketing

Many excellent web designers know next to nothing of web marketing, and this can be a big problem. Marketing a site in search engines requires that the site be designed in a search engine compatible format. Many beautiful sites do not fare well in search ... Read >

Why Use Lead Management Software?

Having a popular website, or popular company of any type, is entirely dependant on sales. Effective sales at that. Maintaining a healthy profit is key to the long-term survival of your web site or business and this means knowing the difference between you... Read >

Email Marketing Software Helps You Keep Track of Your Marketing Campaign

For an advertising or marketing campaign to run smoothly and effectively good organization is required; for larger emailing campaigns this usually requires some kind of email marketing software. However, email marketing software has a lot more to offer th... Read >

The Effective Use of Business Lead Databases

Business lead databases are an incredible resource for any business wanting to generate clients. Leads are the life source of almost every successful business. Without leads you have no customers and without customers you have no sales, no referrals, and ... Read >

Business Tools to Help You Run a Successful Business

Setting up a small business, whether web based or not, can be a very time consuming and difficult task. The increasing popularity of the Internet and the resources available has seen a massive increase in business tools to help you on your way. When s... Read >

Lead Management Software

Efficient lead management is the cornerstone to good sales. Without some sort of lead management system, keeping track of follow-up calls, meetings, and details relating to prospective clients can be nearly impossible. With proper lead management tools, a... Read >

Sales and the Importance of Following Up

Sales are the life force of any business. Here's an outline of the key factors in getting them for your business. Persistence Business owners and decision makers are typically very busy people. Often, the difference between making a sale and not ma... Read >

The Site Map – Important or Not?

Have you ever visited a web site and noticed the "Site Map" button jammed somewhere near the bottom of the page? Ever click on it? Probably not. So, why do sites have site maps? The Site Map – Very Important In the old days of the net [about three y... Read >