Monthly archive: June 2006
Jun
YNot Succeed Online
Do you get as many visitors to your website as you’d like?
Why Not?
Do your web site visitors become paying customers?
Why Not?
Do you get time to have a life outside of business?
Why Not?
Is your business thriving and living up to your expectations?
Why Not?
YNot Succeed Online
Jun
Content Revisited
I finally had a chance to expand on and input the strategies from two out the three handouts I provided at my presentations on Web Site Content.
The first is titled Must Have Content and the second is How Content Affects Your Search Engine Listings and Ranking.
Check them both out in my Articles section on Creating a Web Site.
Search Engines index web sites based on text on the page. If you do not use specific words or phrases on your web site, you can NOT be indexed for those words or phrases. With a small site, focus on only three to five keyword phrases throughout your website to best position for those. Have a single concise theme.
YNot Web, along with several other Fair Oaks small businesses, will be co-hosting the July 2006 Fair Oaks Chamber "Networking Mixer." Mixers are get-togethers for the business community hosted by other Chamber business members, generally at their location of business. Kammy Burleson, owner of YNot Web, organized several small businesses– many of which have home offices– to put on a mixer together in the Village of Fair Oaks.
We hope all Fair Oaks Chamber members and their guests can join us for an evening of business networking. Watch for your invitation in the mail.
If you are not a Fair Oaks Chamber member and would like to be, give the Chamber office a call for more details. You can reach them at 987-2903 or see their website at http://www.fairoakschamber.com
Jun
Must-Have Content
One of the biggest problems faced by people setting up their first (or additional) website is what to write for their website. This can be so over-whelming for some that they don’t end up writing anything at all. To help reduce your stress and make sure you you don’t create an ineffective website by leaving out some piece of vital information, I have broken it down to the basic "Must Have" content. So basic that I’m taking you all the way back to grade school where, I’m sure, you learned about the Five W’s.
Jun
LinkedIn Networking
I am trying out a new way to network- online social networking. The online network I was invited to and joined is called LinkedIn.com. It has interesting potential to connect my friends, clients, and colleagues with each other and their friends, clients, and colleagues.
In the last year, I have often played ‘go between’ to help one friend’s company find qualified people to fill positions or refer one client to another for services one needs and the other provides. I am testing out this online network to see if it can streamline that process a bit.
If you are a past client or someone who would like to refer me to others and would like an invitation into my network, just give me a call or drop me an email (if you know me, you have my address– I do not like posting it unprotected online). If you’re already a member of LinkedIn, you can just put in my name and send me an notice to connect our networks together.
Check it out if you get a chance or let me know what you think about these types of online networking services (feel free to comment using the link below).
Jun
Windows LIVE in Beta
Windows “Live” is live – in beta – at http://www.live.com (okay, how much did THAT domain cost?)
Its going to take me a while to check out all the features- my first peeks were at Live Local: http://local.live.com (maps, directions, “Where am I”, local Traffic! etc.) and Live Messenger (an expansion on MSN and Windows Messenger). One of my friends already sent me Live Messenger games from a Pirates of the Caribbean theme. Pretty nifty.
I’m just wondering how I’m going to keep up! I’m still testing the Microsoft AdCenter (like Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing) which went live in May.
I’ll keep you posted as I can, but check it out if you get a chance.
Kammy just said...
" headed to Hawaii for a week for much needed rest & attitude adjustment. Expect no replies or followbacks for now. When I'm gone, I'm gone. " 10 hours ago