Myth #1: Build it and they will come
Traffic is everything. As thousands of webmasters have already learned, you can have a catchy domain name and an impeccably designed website already on the web.
Ten Things I Learned About Marketing This Week & How to Apply Them to Your Business or Practice
1. My grocery store now has a checkout stand immediately inside the front door and beside it is a cooler with milk, orange juice, butter, coffee, bread and the things you’d run into a convenience store for.
Become A Mobile Notary
I became a notary public because I wanted something to work around my family. I wanted to be able to pick and choose when I worked, without the fear of never getting another call back. And, I wanted guaranteed money, I didn’t want to worry about commissions or home party sales.
Verbs with Verve
Remember back in the dark days of your school years when you had to learn the parts of speech? A noun is the name of a person, place, or thing. When asked what a verb was, you smugly answered, A verb is a word that indicates action, or some such definition. Fine. You got that straight. Since then, you’ve uttered or written verbs in the hundreds of thousands.
Be A Prolific Writer And Sell
Whatever writing question or challenge you have, there’s one answer: write more. You need to become prolific. When you become prolific, you’ll sell.
Here’s a response I wrote to a scriptwriter this week who’s spent a year trying to sell her script:
Choosing Domains for Search Engine Placement
Dear Ross: What is your perspective on the search engine placement advantage conferred by a domain name that’s identical to the main search phrase for a site?
Is your Business Website Lonely?
Simply having a website is not enough to generate traffic anymore. You must promote your site as much as possible to encourage people to visit your website. It’s similar to throwing a party but forgetting to invite anyone. You can pour the drinks and lay out the nachos, but if nobody knows about the party, you’ll have a pretty lonely evening
5 web design tips you can’t live without
The web design world is filled with excitement and experience, creativity and skill. Often, experienced web designers utilize a set of solid, proven techniques that others may not notice. Let’s take a look at a few of these techniques and how you can implement them into your own site quickly and easily.
Site Map and Meta Tag Questions
Hello Ross, Here are my questions:
1. What are the differences between a typical site map page and a crawler page?
2. Is there any wisdom in having the meta tag with key words only on the Home page of a twenty page site?
The Career Changer Who Loved Too Many
Dear Cathy: I want to find a career that will use my many talents and enthusiasms. I’ve taught in adult education programs, directed fund-raising for a nonprofit group, served as a radio talk show host, supervised health care aides, trained as a social worker and directed a children’s summer camp. I love to motivate people who want to learn but I get frustrated by structure and the need to give grades. I am both organized and creative.