In: Blogging Help, Online Business

Search Engine Optimisation - Myths, Risks and Pitfalls

Search Engine Optimisation - Myths, Risks and Pitfalls

By Nicholas C Smith

From my experience, people who try to increase the flow of organic traffic to their websites domain will at some point attempt a whole bunch of “optimisation techniques” without knowing if any of it really has had, or is having, any effect at all. Some of the SEO techniques I have seen… Continue reading

In: OS WebMaster, Online Business, Web Help

Top 10 Content Management Systems (CMS)

Online Business Articles

by Scott Frangos

When you’re building a new website, or revising an old one, a good CMS is an excellent site structure solution to help make editing and posting easy (no programming knowledge needed), optimize for search engines, and get the word out via RSS. You should compare and test-drive the demos offered at the sites below. Flexibility, support, and a robust development community are… Continue reading

In: Online Business, Web Help

Web Hosts Becoming Website Package Providers

We’re kicking off a new category of focus and taking a look at Online Business and web hosting. If you’re online, you’re doing some form of business (unless it’s just for a hobby), so we’ll take a look at some successful business models

In: Social Media-Marketing, Web Help

Seven Questions to Ask Before You Advertise

Advertising your Site

by Michelle PW

Most business owners and managers keep a fairly close eye on their marketing budgets.

And nothing throws a budget out of whack faster than advertising.

“Running small, inexpensive ads can be a good way to test certain marketing aspects before launching big, expensive, time-consuming campaigns.”

Advertising, or paying good money to get your message in front of your target market… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Social Media-Marketing

Social Media and Full Court Marketing

By Scott Lindsay

TalentDatabase.com Site Home Page
Above, the homepage for TalentDatabase.com is well thought out, and well designed. Each section (I looked at Comedy and Magic) has a well designed section graphic, and is populated already by a number of listings. [Ed.]

It would seem that the marketing potential of social media sites is a fairly open book. I came across a social networking site called… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Copy Writing, Copywriting Matters

Top 10 Blog Writing Tips

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This is one article in a series on how to write better. Blogging. Website copy. eCommerce sales copy. Journalism. Even the pro’s keep themselves up to speed with the latest techniques for writing blogs and web copy. The art of writing is perhaps even more important today with all the new ways to publish

In: Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Social Media-Marketing, Web Help

Social Bookmarking Quiz

Social Bookmarking Quiz

By Sharon Housley

Take this Social Bookmarking Quiz and determine how much you know about the collective voice!

  • What Is Social Bookmarking?
  • What Are The Major Social Networks?
  • What Are Social Bookmarking Chicklets?
  • What Are The Benefits Of Social Bookmarking?
  • What Is Social Bookmark Tagging?
  • How Is Social Bookmarking “User-Generated Content”?
  • What Are Some Of The Popular Uses For Social Bookmarking?
  • Is Social Bookmarking A Good Search Engine Optimization