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10 Proven Strategies to Increase Traffic

For the business person, we put content online to lure you into our web of products and information.   For the mom blogger, we put a lot of love and sweat into our writing.  And we love, love, love it when people read and comment!  But for every popular blog on the web, hundreds more are read by Loyal Mom, and on some days, Loving Grandma.  Writing a blog is usually a labor of love.   And … [Read more...]

Whats the difference between emails and newsletters?

This is a very common question that I receive. There are usually several 'subscribe' buttons on websites. Some of them include:   These are the icons that are commonly misunderstood:     #1 Email @ Sign This can mean 2 different things. It can EITHER be a link to a contact (and I mean email) form OR it can be a link to the feed providing the option of email … [Read more...]

5 More Creative Ways to get Free Publicity

This is a follow-up post to the free download "Press Release Guide & Template" A press release is the traditional way to gain publicity for your business, but it may not always be the best way. Here are a few creative ways to gain free publicity for your business. Pick up the Phone Reporters are busy but sometimes a personal touch will work. You may also make that call at just the right … [Read more...]

Have a look at this Twitter background!

It was a ton of fun to work with Mendi from the Little Ladybug that Could!  She wanted a twitter page with her signature black and white and red, but was looking for maybe a little color...  Saying color to a designer is like saying Santa's coming to a kid. The result was this very trendy teal-ish color with a contrasting pink!!  What do you think? … [Read more...]

A Little Spat over SEO

So, I stumbled across this site by accident (I've never been there before. And I have no idea who he is.) but I like what he has to say about SEO. His opinion is, to put it lightly, opinionated. And I do not think that all SEO marketing specialists are scammers! I think they play into a faulty marketing belief. Let me explain. Google was initially about measuring how popular the website is … [Read more...]

Forums, Alerts, and Mind-mapping

So, any thoughts on day 9 through 11? #9 Forums: My take is that it is a good idea.  And I don't have the time.  I found it particularly helpful in today's (day 11)post that he shared his time management priorities, although vaguely.  I too think that I'm going to have to put more time into the networking, learning, and assisting side of my blog to really make it useful to myself and … [Read more...]

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