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There’s one thing you should not forget. You should link to your domain (or domains) within the content of your blog article. Otherwise, the incoming links won’t count. You’ve just wasted a lot of time and effort for nothing, when you forget to do something as simple as that.

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“What can I do to make my website better for SEO purposes?“

That’s the question I often get from some clients. Although several factors can play an important role in the success of your website in search engines like Google and others, I’ll focus on one aspect that has been proven time and time again to be very effective.

I am referring to content. And when I say content, I am talking about fresh and unique content. Believe it or not, keeping your website updated regularly with fresh and unique content is very effective in attracting the search engines to visit your website regularly. One of the best ways to have post fresh content on your site regularly is to maintain a blog. Blog is much more than it used to be. Before, it was some type of personal online journal. Now, everyone is “blogging” about everything! It’s not only personal anymore, it has gone over to the business world. If you visit major sites on the web, you will notice that many of them maintain their own blogs. If big companies even use it, then this tells you how important having a blog is!

The truth is, search engines love blogs. They love blogs because it’s updated constantly. Compared to other types of sites, blogs are visited very frequently by search engine bots. In some sites I’ve worked on, the blogs have been picked up by the search engines literally by the next day! (disclaimer: this may not always be the case, but it worked more often than not). If not the next day, then at least by the end of the week — provided that the blog is updated daily with fresh content and the search engines are notified of it.

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Remember, when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO), regular, fresh and unique content plays a very important role — no doubt about it!

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Before you finally launch that product of yours, make sure you remember to consider a few things.

First, double-check your sales page. Check for spelling and grammar errors of your sales material. If you want to build the credibility of your business and product, then make sure your grammar and spelling are correct! You don’t want to make it look like a 5-year old put your site together. If you don’t have time or need the assistance of someone to proofread your material, you can outsource the work to proofreaders like me. Double-check your payment buttons to make sure they are functioning as they should. If possible, make a test purchase prior to launching your product. Check all your links to make sure they are properly connected. Double-check everything!!!

Next, think about your price. Is your product pricing too high or too low? Many make the mistake of overcharging or undercharging. How does your product compare to that of your competitors? Take a look around and see what the average price is. Take that into account when you’re trying to figure out your final price. Do you provide something better or some other option that your competitor might not offer? These are just some of the things you can consider when pricing your product.

If you have to make a choice, my opinion is that it is much better to undercharge because of the potential of drawing many customers in. That was the idea behind Walmart, and other similar stores. Because you are cheaper than your competitors, you get more customers — but it takes a longer time for you to make a profit in the beginning as compared to charging high in the first place. However, you can profit more in the long run. You have to make the decision yourself about what is more important to you. The problem with undercharging is that you will lose the profit you desire, especially if you want the money right away.

Overcharging is just really bad altogether, I think. It drives away potential customers. Everyone wants to save. Many people will do anything just to save a few bucks. I once read about this guy who drove to the next town to buy a product that was cheaper than the one offered in his local area. Of course, by the time you add up the gas expense of driving there, he would have been better off staying local. The point is, people want to save — and most likely won’t think twice about it!

Finally, is your server capable of your traffic? This is something very important that you don’t want to miss. So you’ve prepared a massive advertising campaign. You expect to receive a lot of traffic because you’ve hired the best marketers. Can your web server handle the load it will generate? Some forget to check the resources allotted to them by their web hosting provider. Forgetting this can be your biggest mistake! I’ve come across several online marketers already who have forgotten this very important aspect. In fact, just the other day, I was prepared to buy a new product a few hours after I received the notice. When I visited the site, it was suspended by the host because the traffic bandwidth it received was more than it was allowed to have. Imagine how many sales this guy had lost before noticing the problem! He also wasted money on marketing, because he still had to pay for the clicks to his site, even though his server was down. Don’t make the same mistake with your product launch.

Of course, there are more things to consider before launching your product. I just wanted to focus on the items above to save you the trouble. Before you get too excited about launching your product on the world wide web, make sure to remember a few things that will save you a lot of headache and loss of money!

Here are the elements you need to consider adding on your sales page:

(1) HEADLINE – This is a very important aspect because this will be the first thing that your site visitors will see when they load your page in their browser. This is the big bold letter at the top of your sales letter — often with a font color of red, black, or blue to make the headline stand out from the rest of the text. This could be a promise of some sort, or something important about your product that grabs the visitor’s attention and compels him or her to read the rest.

(2) SUB-HEADLINE – This can be optional, depending on how your headline is already written. Usually, this is smaller in font to the headline, but it’s still bigger than the remaining sales text. Again, this should be good enough so that the reader wants to keep going instead of leaving your site.

(3) BENEFITS – How can your product benefit the potential customer? What makes it stand out from the rest and make it better than your competitors? A good practice is to put yourself in your costumer’s shoes and think of what would make you buy the product. Use those ideas for your content.

(4) PICTURES – You know the old saying, “Pictures are worth a thousand words.” That holds true, even in sales marketing. Add graphic pictures of your product, or of people using them. This makes your product more believable. Photos are proven to increase response.

(5) TESTIMONIALS – Convince your potential customers with testimonials from others who have already purchased your product or services. Show photos, if possible, to make them more convincing. Target skeptics.

(6) GUARANTEE – It is best to provide a money-back guarantee. Mention it a couple of times in your content to reassure the customer. The customer is more likely to complete the transaction knowing that her purchase is risk-free. You’ll end up selling more in return, compared to making every sale final with not returns — which drives customers away. For the most part, customers don’t ask for refunds so you’re safe offering a money-back guarantee.

(7) TIME LIMIT – Creating a limited time offer creates that sense of urgency. You want your customers to buy your product before you increase your price, before your product runs out, etc. Make them buy now and not later on or they’ll miss out on something.

(8) BONUSES – Everyone likes a freebie. Offer a few bonuses to your customers, just for purchasing your product. Bonus offers are good incentives to convince your customer to buy your product. They will more likely buy from you if you offer free bonuses that your competitor doesn’t offer.

Now that you’ve learned about these important elements, it’s time to put them in practice. Go ahead and start writing your content for your sales page and use this article as a guide.

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Here’s how to add your business listing to Google:

(1) Create a Google account. A nice one to use is their free email service, Gmail. You can sign up for this at mail.google.com

(2) Next, go to maps.google.com

(3) Click on the link that says “put your business on Google Maps” — it’s located on the left side, once the page loads.

(4) On the next page, click on “Add new listing” or “Add new business”

(5) Enter your business information on the form. You can choose which info you’d like to include in your listing: name, address, phone number, website, and a short description of your business (200 words max). You can even have the option of adding photos later on, if you really want to stand out. (see step 7).

(6) Google will check if your business info already exists in their database. If it doesn’t then click on “add listing”

(7) You can now be more specific with your business listing, such as the hours you operate, the payment methods you accept, and other options. When you’re done with that, click on the “Submit” button.

(8) Next step is to verify your business. They give you 2 options — by postcard or by phone. Pick the phone option, it’s the faster one, unless you want to wait for snail mail.

(9) That’s pretty much it!

Hope you found this info useful. Wishing you the best in your online promotional activities!

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1) Start a forum, chatroom or shoutbox

When you start a forum, chatroom or shoutbox, you are providing your visitors a place to voice their opinions and interact with their peers — all of them are visitors of your site. As conversations build up, a sense of community will also follow and your visitors will come back to your site almost religiously every day.

2) Start a web log (blog)

Keep an online journal, or more commonly known as a blog, on your site and keep it updated with latest news about yourself. Human beings are curious creatures and they will keep their eyes glued to the monitor if you post fresh news frequently. You will also build up your credibility as you are proving to them that there is also a real life person behind the website.

3) Carry out polls or surveys

Polls and surveys are other forms of interaction that you should definitely consider adding to your site. They provide a quick way for visitors to voice their opinions and to get involved in your website. Be sure to publish polls or surveys that are strongly relevant to the target market of your website to keep them interested to find out about the results. If you already have a mailing list, you can also conduct surveys via email. It’s a great way to keep your visitors involved!

4) Hold puzzles, quizzes and games

Just imagine how many office workers procrastinate at work every day, and you will be able to gauge how many people will keep visiting your site if you provide a very interesting or addicting way of entertainment. You can also hold competitions to award the high score winner to keep people trying continuously to earn the prize.

5) Update frequently with fresh content

Update your site frequently with fresh content so that every time your visitors come back, they will have something to read on your site. This is the most widely known and most effective method of attracting returning visitors, but this is also the least carried out one because of the laziness of webmasters. No one will want to browse a site that looks the same over ten years, so keep your site updated with fresh bites!

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