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Home Business Advertising on a Limited Budget

Home Business Advertising on a Limited Budget

August 27, 2009

Note: This is targeted towards readers who are trying to find out the basics of what they should be looking at in order to start advertising their new home business for free or on a limited budget. Intermediate to advanced readers should skip this one – or better yet, leave a comment with your [...]

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How a Home Business Can Create a Big Brand

How a Home Business Can Create a Big Brand

August 21, 2009

Most home and small business owners will scoff at the mere mention of the word branding for their business. At a juncture in their business where every penny is being watched to ensure movement toward eventual profits, branding hasn’t even entered the equation.
The real truth is that all businesses – big or small – [...]

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Creative Thinking to Boost Business

Creative Thinking to Boost Business

August 19, 2009

Ever heard the phrase, “When given lemons, make lemonade.”? Of course you have. This just goes to show even an unsuccessful venture in your business can be turned around to your advantage. A little thinking outside the box is all that’s in order to do it.
Every business owner develops a business plan. This plan is [...]

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Two Rules to Guarantee a Successful Small Business Blog

Two Rules to Guarantee a Successful Small Business Blog

April 22, 2009

Your friends, family, and colleagues have the best intentions when they say, “You should just start a blog” but they may not fully understand what it takes to create a successful blog. Small business owners need to understand that starting a blog is a lot like planting a garden, it requires a lot of work [...]

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Quick Copywriting For Non-Copywriters

March 19, 2009

I’m not a writer. Let’s get that out of the way up front. I can talk, sure. So what I try to do is type like I’m talking. But let’s not kid ourselves, that can only get you so far.
Blogging, emails, general correspondence we can do pretty well.
We’re not idiots, right?
There [...]

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How To Get More Blog Traffic: Get Real

December 28, 2008

Are you checking your web stats everyday, only to be dissappointed with less visitors than the day before?  Is your Feedburner count hovering between 0 and 2 (and you’re one of those 2)?
Look, everyone wants to get more traffic to their blog, but the fact is, not everyone is going to get it.  If you’ve [...]

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Top Blog Marketing Strategies

December 17, 2008

It occurred to me tonight, after having a strategy discussion with my wife about a web site idea she had, that most people who now finally know what a “blog” is associate it primarily with it being a personal outlet – nothing to do with business at all.  While this is true in most cases, [...]

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