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		<title>Powerful Article Marketing Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affilorama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affilorama review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Supposedly you are running your own business. You have to promote it to ensure its success or else it would fail. There are many ways that you can advertise for your business. One of them is through article marketing, which&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Supposedly you are running your own business. You have to promote it to ensure its success or else it would fail. There are many ways that you can advertise for your business. One of them is through article marketing, which is a free method. You can get started by following the article marketing tips below.</p>
<p> Title is the most important thing when it comes to article marketing. This is because a good title can arouse curiosity and get attention. People would want to know more what the article is about just by reading the title. Choosing the right keyword for the title is important as it helps getting people attention. It must also include the benefits that people can get by reading your article.</p>
<p> The next thing is to organize your article well. You can use bullet points to make the presentation even clearly. It is also for readers to understand what your article is about and to remember it as well.</p>
<p> Most importantly, your article must be informative and useful to the readers, not just to impress them. You can help your readers to understand your articles by using some easy to understand, common words rather than technical jargons. After you finish writing your article, proofread it and correct any grammar error.</p>
<p> You can consider passing the article to your friend and have him read it through and see what they have to say. Remember to write a summary to conclude your article. This serves as a recall to the readers to help them remember the points discussed in your article.</p>
<p> You can achieve good result with article marketing in marketing your business. To take full advantage of article marketing, make sure that you follow the article marketing tips as given above. An attention grabbing title gives good impression to the readers. You have to make sure that the content of your article is informative and helpful to the readers as well. You can be assured of that you will get more traffic to your site if done properly.</p>
<p> For more tips on affiliate marketing, be sure to check out <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jensencrevan.com/review/affilorama-review/">Affiloroma review</a>.</p>
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		<title>Social Media 101: How Internet Marketers Can Use Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business networking sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online business networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online social networking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> Online networking and social bookmarking are all the rage today. But it’s hard to know which online social network is right for you if you haven’t tried all of them. That’s why so many Internet users find reviews of these&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Online networking and social bookmarking are all the rage today. But it’s hard to know which online social network is right for you if you haven’t tried all of them. That’s why so many Internet users find reviews of these type of sites so helpful. When you read the reviews, though, you might be surprised at how much variation there is in people’s opinions. Some people would fight for their social media choices to the bitter end. That might be because they were ignorant of the options, so all their time was taken up with one site before they knew what was happening. I’ve known a few who fought for their choice without even knowing the difference between  <a target="_blank" href="http://hubpages.com/_networking/hub/Social-Networking-for-Beginners">business networking</a>, social bookmarking sites or sites that offer social networking just for fun. Many people don’t know that there also are  social media sites, like Yuwie, that pay for people to use and promote them.</p>
<p>People often don’t know the difference between one form of online social networking and another because there is huge amount of cross-over in the platforms. For example, Facebook can be used for business or pleasure. Thousands of user-created free networking communities have sprung up all over the Internet, such as Book Market. These type of social networking sites are significant because they’re created by users and focus on distinct interests. Interests can be as specific as book aficionados, who now have many online communities geared just to them. <a target="_blank" href="http://hubpages.com/_networking/hub/Social-Networking-Sites-by-Category-Part-2">Online social networking websites</a> that feature book reviews, like Booksconnect, cater to bookworms everywhere. Another powerful form of <a target="_blank" href="http://hubpages.com/_networking/hub/Social-Networking-Sites-by-Category">online social networking</a> is social bookmarking, because it opens up new worlds of information storage and retrieval. Social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us allow people to save their favorite bookmarks so they can access them online any time. This platform type is also great for people who conduct searches, because tags that allow for easy searching can be assigned to each bookmark. This ability also makes these sites tremendous for Internet marketers, because they can get backlinks for their Web properties. The individual links aren’t that valuable yet when a site has many of them, it can change the amount of search engine traffic it receives. And with sites such as Digg, if a URL is posted on one of these bookmarking sites that has good pagerank, top search engine rankings can be had for that page if it has good keyword tags and was submitted correctly.</p>
<p>Blurring the line even further are sites like Digg, which are set up for both social networking and social bookmarking. They are quite useful for bookmarking URLs but they also provide a tremendous platform for online social networking and marketing. Business and personal contacts galore are just waiting to be discovered on these sites and blog posts featured on these social networking sites have the potential to rank well in Google and other search engines. These powerful benefits are just some of the reasons that people who make their livings online love social media sites.</p>
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		<title>5 Smart Traffic Tactics You Must Be Using</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secret traffic tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[targeted traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traffic generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website traffic]]></category>

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</p><p style="text-align:center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHA7Hd4JB1Y">Generate Targeted Traffic</a></p>
<p>The web has changed and there are obvious things that nobody seems to discuss about how you can reach more people. Would you believe that it actually takes less effort now than before? Realizing simple things about your&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHA7Hd4JB1Y">Generate Targeted Traffic</a></p>
<p>The web has changed and there are obvious things that nobody seems to discuss about how you can reach more people. Would you believe that it actually takes less effort now than before? Realizing simple things about your audience will have you positioned to reach a lot more people.</p>
<p>The first secret is to have cool conversations where others can see them. Have conversations with other people in your niche, and your potential customers. Do this by linking to blog posts on other blogs in your market. Use their ideas to help you create something that your audience would be interested in reading. Link to their post inside of yours and they will get a notice called a &#8220;trackback&#8221; in their comments section. Normally, the conversation will start and bring you both <a target="_blank" href="http://traffic-mastery.com">more attention</a>.</p>
<p>A great way to talk to people is Twitter. Find people that talk about what you are doing in your business by using Twitter&#8217;s search function. Watch them to watch what they do and interact with your audience. As you talk to more people, you&#8217;ll attract other people to talk to.</p>
<p>Secret two is your story. People don&#8217;t want to do business with companies, they want to work with people. What is the reason you sell what you do? Do you have an interesting background story related to your business? Has anything happened to you in the past that pushed you to do what you do? Your story will bring more sales and better customers. It qualifies people and helps them get to know the real you. Always think about the perception of you that your customers will take away from what you reveal, some things are better left unsaid.</p>
<p>Secret number three is remembering to treat your audience like real people. Most focus on numbers, statistics, and conversion more than they should&#8230; Focus on the fact that your audience are human beings. Do you enjoy those annoying popup windows? They may not like it. Optimize the experience of your visitors by thinking about what they would enjoy. You have to keep two specific things in mind &#8211; your sales and the experience of thos that come to your site. You should think of both to get better sales with the <a target="_blank" href="http://traffic-mastery.com">same amount of traffic</a>.</p>
<p>Secret four is relationships. Building the right relationships for your business can get you immediate massive traffic. I get tons of joint venture requests every single day. The ones I pay attention to are from people that I know and like. Imagine for a moment what would happen if you could simply pick up the phone and tell a friend that you need their help with something. Do you think that would work better than sending a spammy email to someone you don&#8217;t know?</p>
<p>You should build true relationships with your customers. The more they like you, the more they will buy from you. Do a show on Ustream, respond to people that comment on your blog posts, and deliver content they want to devour and enjoy.</p>
<p>The last secret is to find communities in your niche. Thousands of your prospects are hanging out somewhere on the web. Find them and join up. Answer questions and help people. Then, they will start searching the web for you. Don&#8217;t post offers, just build your reputation by helping people. It takes some time, but before long, you&#8217;ll have a raving audience by becoming part of the community.</p>
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		<title>Get Your Webpage on Top With A Link Wheel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link wheel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linkwheel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>You spend a lot of money and time to make an impressive web page for your business and wait to get big business. The wait gets longer but still nothing happens. You don’t get any order in-spite of having a&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You spend a lot of money and time to make an impressive web page for your business and wait to get big business. The wait gets longer but still nothing happens. You don’t get any order in-spite of having a great website!!! What happened? You try to find the reason but can’t understand anything. Well the reason for not getting your business orders is simple. Your webpage has not even been seen by the prospective clients as it is not search engine optimized.</p>
<p>Search Engine Optimization (SEO):<br /> In a layman’s language, when you want to search any topic or business proposal on the net, you put the keyword in the search engines like Google or Yahoo. You find that there are thousands of articles or web pages available on the internet on that particular topic. But you only open and search on the first few websites that are displayed and you leave the one’s that are on the lower sides or on the next page. There may be some websites that can suit your requirement better but those may not be checked by you at all as they don’t appear on the top of the search list. This is where search engine optimization comes in force. The websites that are Search engine optimized will have a higher ranking in the web search and thus will invite even more traffic to it.</p>
<p> Linkwheel- the best method for Search Engine Optimization:<br /> Though there are many SEO tools and techniques, one of the best methods is the <a target="_blank" href="http://link-wheel101.blogspot.com/2009/09/get-your-webpage-on-top-with-link-wheel.html">Link wheel</a>. Linkwheel is a group of six Web 2.0 properties that are linked in a structure that resembles a wheel hence the name-Linkwheel. Each of these six promotes a specific page on the internet according to the focus of that wheel. There are six properties up and they are linked to the focus hub and also to the nearest property or ‘neighbor’ as it is called. The focus hub is any page that you wish to promote on the search engine. But before you use the Linkwheel, make sure that you don’t go into sites which have ‘nofollow’ tags, as then your link building stops and the Linkwheel becomes useless.</p>
<p> The other benefits of Linkwheel:<br /> There are many benefits of using Linkwheel. It also gives some other facilities that make your web page more search engine friendly. The use of rare keywords can help you to appear on the front page of Google or Yahoo. When you publish your web page, each of the web 2.0 properties will give you an RSS feed. The RSS feed also make the page more popular.</p>
<p> Some important web 2.0 sites for Linkwheel:<br /> There are many web 2.0 sites that you can use for Linkwheel. These include Squidoo, Blogger, Wordpress, Quizilla, Livejournal, Weebly, Blog, Tumblr, Blogsome etc. you can choose any of your webpage as your focus hub and any six among these as neighbors through the link wheel.<br /> Linkwheel is a very important and easy method to promote your webpage on internet for better results.</p>
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		<title>Internet Marketing Tools &#8211; Podcasts Are a Fun Way to Generate Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet marketing tool]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Social site bookmarking is another great tool to use to market yourself online. Online bookmarking sites like Digg, Tagfoot, and Lensroll are great tools to use for getting content traffic. Submit your content to these sites, make friends within the&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social site bookmarking is another great tool to use to market yourself online. Online bookmarking sites like Digg, Tagfoot, and Lensroll are great tools to use for getting content traffic. Submit your content to these sites, make friends within the social site community, and those friends eventually read your content and possibly make an inquiry about your opportunity. Also the search engines many times pick up the content and you begin to rank in the search engines. There are many factors that are involved in search engine rankings, but with these online bookmarking sites, your content has a great chance of appearing in the search results.</p>
<p> The internet has indeed made it possible for the little man to make it in the network marketing business. The tools are available for free and even makes it possible to earn money while in the process of building your organization. There are other internet resources that can be used but the above internet marketing tools are a great foundation. Remember find the best tool that works for you and achieve the results that you once dreamed about.</p>
<p> Kind of go back in history a bit&#8230;100 years ago or so we had newspapers&#8230;you could read stories and even have some pictures in them. Then radio came along and things changed, right?</p>
<p> Are you looking for the right <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imcashsaver.com">internet marketing tools</a> for your online business?</p>
<p> So if you&#8217;re interesting and provide great content in a podcast you will have people who want to listen to it. You know a lot of people like listening to talk radio&#8230;but there&#8217;s all the interruptions&#8230;news, weather, the same commercials over and over. That can be really frustrating, because a 30 minute show might really only have 10 or 15 minutes of content in there.</p>
<p> Podcasts work because a large percent of the population are what is called &#8220;auditory learners&#8221;&#8230;meaning they learn by listening. They don&#8217;t want to read your website&#8230;they&#8217;d rather hear your voice and they&#8217;ll be more responsive because they enjoy it better.</p>
<p> A lot of people get nervous when I mention that podcasting is a great way to generate traffic&#8230;they don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;ll talk about&#8230;they think that they have to be the expert on a bunch of different topics. They are afraid they are going to sound really stupid&#8230;sound familiar? Well, let me reassure you, it is easy to get ideas for podcasts AND you don&#8217;t have to be the expert&#8230;you can still use podcasting as one of your internet marketing tools-and you can relax and have fun while you do!</p>
<p> Just like your other internet marketing tools, you want to know what people are interested in, right? So, you can get ideas in lots of different ways.</p>
<p> This is actually a really cool method of doing a podcast because you get to put yourself in your listeners&#8217; shoes and ask the questions that they want to know. That makes for great interaction. Having two people on the call can be really great, it can give a lot of energy to a call which makes it more interesting for the listeners.</p>
<p> So whether it is for a one-time special interview or a series of podcasts you can literally have your podcast partner be across the country or half-way around the world!</p>
<p> It might be two people talking about the latest tech gizmo or it might be two moms talking about the challenges they are facing raising their kids.</p>
<p> If you would like to read reviews of the best internet marketing tools then you should head to IM Cash Saver.  They have bought together all the best deals in place on latest and greatest <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imcashsaver.com">internet marketing tools</a> out there.  You can save up to 60% on many tools that can help you make more money online.</p>
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		<title>Tools For Your Internet Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet marketing tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keyword reasearch software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" title="Internet Marketing Tools" href="http://www.affiliatefunnelsecrets.com/internet-marketing-tools/">Internet marketing tools</a> have revolutionized business management at the highest level possible. Internet advertising gains the most from automated technologies that enable one to track relevant keywords, enhance traffic, create reports, monitor web performance and so on. The marketplace is enormous&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" title="Internet Marketing Tools" href="http://www.affiliatefunnelsecrets.com/internet-marketing-tools/">Internet marketing tools</a> have revolutionized business management at the highest level possible. Internet advertising gains the most from automated technologies that enable one to track relevant keywords, enhance traffic, create reports, monitor web performance and so on. The marketplace is enormous and without automated devices and technologies to conduct most of the transactions, functionality would be an impossible dream. The number of web marketing tools that are really necessary is not large.. When you have the right software to run programs, then these tasks become a lot easier.</p>
<p> Web marketing tools save valuable time and effort, not to mention they reduce stress significantly too. The human factor just supervises management and makes sure to set the right functions of the programs. The choice of the web marketing tool seems to be more difficult and troublesome because of the offer diversity. Online shopping guides could be a solution, but since such materials are used for advertising most of the time, the reviews could be biased too. The best information on web marketing tools can be provided by an expert in the field of web marketing who has tried lots of programs and has seen many applications running.</p>
<p> You can also narrow down your search by checking various other online sources. The items described in the category of the best web marketing tools, deserve first consideration. The most common types of web marketing tools are <a target="_blank" title="keyword research software" href="http://www.affiliatefunnelsecrets.com/keywordresearchtools/">keyword research tools</a>, SEO programs, optimization softwares, AdSense managers, advertising platforms, statistical tools, email blasters and many others. Before buying any web marketing tools it is important to define your goals and strategies and create the budget. Then, you need to see whether it is worth investing in a software program as compared to the variant of hiring a professional company to run the web marketing part for you.</p>
<p> Unless you are going to manage most of the aspects related to the web presence of a business, there is no point in investing in web marketing tools. Depending on how complex the software is, the prices could climb up to more than ,000, and who can afford to pay such a small fortune? Software for marketing support is incredibly important and it is mainly used by corporations, although medium-sized businesses rely on it too. Think twice and choose once! That&#8217;s the best shopping advice you can get here!</p>
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		<title>Helpful Keyword Research Using Market Samurai</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keyword competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keyword research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Keyword research is an important aspect of internet marketing.  It enables you to setup your site for SEO purposes or find converting keywords for pay per click marketing.  Taking half an hour to fire up your favorite keyword research tools&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keyword research is an important aspect of internet marketing.  It enables you to setup your site for SEO purposes or find converting keywords for pay per click marketing.  Taking half an hour to fire up your favorite keyword research tools will give you a definite advantage over the majority of your competition. This is because most internet marketers either are too lazy to do any keyword research at all, or aren&#8217;t doing it correctly.</p>
<p> Certain keywords are better than others.  Some keywords are too competitive and you will have a hard time ranking  well with them.  Other keywords don&#8217;t work well because nobody is searching for them.  This is where using good <a target="_blank" href="http://keywordtoolreviews.net">keyword research tools</a> is important.  The great thing is that a lot of nice ones won&#8217;t even cost you any money.</p>
<p> Market Samurai is one of my favorite keyword research tools.  Although the full version of the tool actually costs money, the keyword research portion is completely free.  Plus it runs on both Windows and Macs which is very nice.  To begin using Market Samurai, you first need to enter in a keyword related to your niche.  For example, lets say you are creating a site centered around the <a target="_blank" href="http://bestguitarcourse.net">best guitar courses</a> online. Then you might want to enter in the keyword &#8220;learn guitar&#8221;.  Market Samurai will then spit out you a big list of keywords related to this seed keyword.  Market Samurai allows you to then further analyze all of these keywords and find out which ones have high traffic and low competition.</p>
<p> To pick out the high traffic keywords, Market Samurai has a metric called SEOT.  This value is the maximum daily traffic that the number 1 ranked site for that keyword might receive.  To find low competition keywords, Market Samurai has a metric called SEOC.  This tells you how many websites Google has in its index that show up for this keyword.  As a rule of thumb, you want to use keywords that have a competiton number under 30k.  Market Samurai also allows you to filter out the keywords that don&#8217;t meet your specific criteria.  This makes it very easy to come up with a list of great keywords.</p>
<p> As a member of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ppc-coach.info/ppc-coach-review">PPC Coach</a>, I know how essential it is to have a good list of keywords.  There are only a tiny subset of converting keywords that actually lead to sales and finding those money keywords is the key to creating the next profitable pay per click campaign.  That is why Market Samurai is an essential tool for any internet marketers toolbox.</p>
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		<title>Domain Name Choice is Essential to the Success of Your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The first step in building a website is the registration of a domain name.  Whether you are building a site to advertise your local business, an e-commerce site, photo or video or music download site, information site, or if you want&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first step in building a website is the registration of a domain name.  Whether you are building a site to advertise your local business, an e-commerce site, photo or video or music download site, information site, or if you want to <a target="_blank" title="start up a website" href="http://www.startmywebsitetoday.com">start up a website</a> to feature your family dog Spot, the entire undertaking begins with the selection of a domain name.</p>
<p> But you might ask- “What is a good choice of domain name?”.  The answer is, it depends.  The domain name chosen for a family and friends website won&#8217;t be as crucial as with other types of sites.  Why?  Because in a case like that you probably don’t really care about gaining a lot of traffic to your website, your site is probably only something you are going to produce for family and friends, to keep them up to date.  So your domain name choice in a case like that is not as critical as it would be if you were looking for tons of traffic to the site.   </p>
<p> So really what is most important in coosing your unique domain is the TYPE of site you want to publish.  If it is only for friends to see, it hasn&#8217;t got as much relevance as a business related or e-commerce website.  However&#8230;</p>
<p> <strong>What if the website is for business?  What if you want it to attract attention?</strong></p>
<p> It really pays to have a domain name that drives traffic to your website or company.  If your website is about car parts for example, do you really expect the average web surfer to remember how to get to your website if it is named &#8220;bobsthingsforsale.com&#8221; or some other unrelated name?  The best strategy is to find a domain name that directly relates to your business, whether it is the business name itself or related to the category of business.  For example, an antiques website should have a domain name like antiques.com or bobsantiques.com, something that immediately associates the domain name with the theme of the site.  It’s all about branding, and making a lasting impression on the target audience or customers.</p>
<p> You need to search the WhoIs database to find a domain name that has not already been registered.  For your convenience in searching, I have conveniently placed a <a target="_blank" title="domain name search engine" href="//www.securepaynet.net/gdshop/registrar/search.asp?prog_id=417820&amp;ci=1775&amp;">domain name search engine</a> on <a target="_blank" title="Start My Website Today" href="http://www.startyourwebsitetoday.com/">StartYourWebsiteToday.com</a> for this very purpose.  After searching for the domain name, the results given will instantly show whether or not the domain name is available, and if so, give you the option to immediately register it.  If it&#8217;s not available, several alternative domain names will be proposed, to help you fine tune your search, or possibly giving you an acceptable alternative domain name to register instead.</p>
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		<title>Article Writing Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Article writing is one of the most effective ways in advertising your business. This form of advertising costs almost nothing but could bring great results for your business. The secret to succeeding in article marketing is to write as much&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Article writing is one of the most effective ways in advertising your business. This form of advertising costs almost nothing but could bring great results for your business. The secret to succeeding in article marketing is to write as much articles as possible but you still have to keep in mind that the articles should have high quality and should not be just randomly written. The enormous number of articles leading to your website would bring the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.webtrafficcom.com">web traffic</a> that you need but it would not automatically translate to profit. The thing that would make your website profitable is the actual content and if you do not pay particularly close attention to your content, writing gazillions of articles would be pointless.</p>
<p>One thing that you need to think of when dealing with article writing is that the content should always be direct to the point. Remember that you are not writing a novel so you do not have to discuss a detailed background of your business, wether it be about <a target="_blank" href="http://www.clowcreative.com">website design</a> or <a target="_blank" href="http://www.top-seo-services.com">SEO services</a>. And once an article is extremely difficult to understand, your readers might get tired of reading it after the first few pharagraphs. The interested buyers should find it informative and helpful to make them read the whole article so be sure to research! You have the option of including a little hype in the articles but never overdo the sales talk or else your readers will be annoyed. Only subtly promote your product and get rid of the sales pitch. You have to convince the reader that your products and services are worth their time without directly saying so. Present facts you have obtained through research and relate them to your product. That way, the readers would realize on their own how your products would benefit them.</p>
<p>In article writing, you also need to make the reader comfortable while going through the article. When writing, think as if you are only talking to a friend. That way, the article would have a friendly tone and the reader would feel at ease. Do not use jargons or words that people may find hard to understand. You have to relate to your customers in every way so try to free your articles from technical terms as much as possible. But if you really need to include technical words, always remember to provide a clear explanation right next to the term that was used.</p>
<p>To make sure that you give a clear explanation on every point of the article, you&#8217;ll need to focus first on writing the introduction and the conclusion. The introduction should serve as a summary of the whole article but do not put every important point in the introduction because then you would have nothing to write in the actual body of the article. The introduction should always catch the interest of the reader if the title has failed to do so. The actual body of the article should do the real talking. The conclusion is also very important in article writing because this often seals the deal. Therefore, in conclusion, you would have the final chance in convincing the reader to check out your products.</p>
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		<title>SEO: Where to do I start?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Birell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> In your opinion your website is great, useful and worth visiting, that is your opinion, for sure.<br /> Unfortunately, you don’t see your website neither on the first search engine page, nor on the tenth. If you are offering products or services&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> In your opinion your website is great, useful and worth visiting, that is your opinion, for sure.<br /> Unfortunately, you don’t see your website neither on the first search engine page, nor on the tenth. If you are offering products or services for sale, you need to take some urgent measures. If your product can’t be found-it can’t be bought. The rule is clear. So if it is your issue, it is probably the right time to think of a search audit of your website and determine what are the reasons of your problems and what could possibly be done to see some improvement. No need to hold <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businessdegrees.com">a degree in business</a> to perform some simple actions.</p>
<p> A website search audit consists of investigation and analysis of many factors, which may be categorized into three different parts: internal factors, external and competitors analysis.<br /> OnPage factors are &#8211; website structure page content, meta tags, website link structure, organic search engine optimization and keywords.</p>
<p> Evaluation and analysis of these factors will allow you to work out recommendations of website further modification for further and more complex optimization.<br /> Be ready to make some corrections or a significant changes like website structure, or publishing new pages on your website. You might choose to perform all the work by yourself, or your staff will do it for you, or you can also involve into the process an <a target="_blank" href="http://www.loveclients.com">search engine optimization company</a>, as website search audit is usually a part of SEO service, not to mention <a target="_blank" href="http://www.loveclients.com/advertise-online/paid-inclusion">paid inclusion</a> and keyword research.<br /> As concerns external factors, they are: In bound links, which is the number of websites that have direct links to your website. It is well known that acquiring  quality links coming from good websites can be a difficult task. Keywords and key phrases should be reviewed as well. Try to formulate keywords for each an every page.</p>
<p> Detailed examination of OffPage factors will allow to use all possible resources for website further promotion and visitors attraction.<br /> By doing this, you will not only increase your website traffic, but attract quality traffic, visitors who will be interested in products and services you are actually selling.</p>
<p> The other element of the website search audit is the necessity of assessment of your competitors.<br /> Intelligent website search audit will will help you to implement different methods of SEO more efficiently and to spend your site marketing budget much more effectively.<br /> Ready to commence site search audit? Prior to this, please don’t forget about performing the usability audit too. Are you sure your website looks fine no matter which Internet browser you are using? Make sure the access to the website and landing pages is quick and the website navigation are comfortable and easy to find. Revise your content , it should be relevant and up-to date.<br /> Conducting website search audit will give you the idea of your SEO strategy, which implementation will improve your search engine position and business in general.</p>
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