Take a Leap of Fact
Have you been contacting companies in growth sectors? Do you know how many companies hire people with your skills? Are you getting the response you expect when you submit your resume? Knowing where to look for rewarding opportunities is the first step in an effective job search strategy. Develop a career plan based on an understanding of the current job market.
The Art Of Easy Self-Promotion (Part One)
All selling starts with self-promotion. Before anyone will give you money, they have to know something about you. They need to feel comfortable with you and to trust you. This means that they have to get used to seeing your name and your story.
7 No-Nonsense Steps for Publishing Your eBook for Free
Many people have written an eBook or have enough articles and short stories that they could easily create one, if they wanted to. It’s a great way to earn extra money. My own eBook “How To Publish & Market Your eBook for Just $5”, available at http://www.authorscafe.com, stayed on Booklocker’s best sellers’ list for almost a year and I have no complaint about receiving regular royalty cheques from them.
A New Idea For Venture Capitalists
Obviously, it hurts when a promising business project you backed financially goes down the tube.
But while you point to many possible causes, seldom do you attribute the wreckage to a lack of effective communications that might have modified the behavior of sales prospects in a positive way, thus averting a money-losing shutdown.
Quit Discounting and Start Packaging to Make More Money
We all know consumers are motivated by good offers and great deals. They want to feel like they are receiving a great value. Business owners are often inclined to discount their goods or services to appeal to their customers and prospects. Discounting by offering a dollar amount or a percentage off is certainly an easy and enticing way to stimulate sales and/or increase trial. But, there may better ways to accomplish the same tasks.
Tracking Reader Behavior
Reader question: “I have placed photos and links to my books (on my web site) in my newsletter. Thanks to the tracking information I receive, I can tell who has clicked through to view the books. I was thinking that maybe in a month or so, I should send these few folks an email offering 20% off my books. Not mentioning that I know they clicked through, of course.”
Magnify Your Profits
Why is great marketing so important? Because when done well, it can magnify your income and profits dramatically! Wouldn’t you like to make more money with the exact same time, effort and expense?
SEO Corner – Keyword-rich URLs and search engine visibility
Question: Can an search engine’s bot distinguish between words in a domain name? For example, if a domain name is www.biggreenboat.com, will search engines “separate” these words (Big Green Boat) and then give prominence towards keywords or as if treated as keywords?
How To Develop Your Personal Authority
Dear EQ Expert: In general, I like to think of myself as someone with high emotional intelligence, but lately I have had the same type of problem that has left me feeling emotionally stupid.
Using the XML Data Source Object
The XML Data Source Object (DSO) is a Microsoft ActiveX control built into Microsoft Internet Explorer 4+. Using this object, it is possible to extract content from an external XML file or XML data embedded in the HTML file into a HTML page. In this article, I’ll explain how to include the XML DSO, extract content from an external XML file, extract XML data from XML data embedded in the webpage and manipulation using JavaScript.