Do you wonder what you can do to get your local business noticed online?
Google says 97% of consumers search for local businesses online.
It’s important for your business to be listed in local online business directories. The more places your business is listed, the more value your business will get from the Search Engines (call it “internet respect”). Think of it as you are setting your roots in the ground so the tree can become established. When you are “respected” you gain certain advantages over businesses who have not take the time to set up their internet roots. The best part about it is most of the directories are free. (more…)
Did you ever wish you could gain remote access to your computer?
Problem: You forgot a file on your computer that you desperately needed and no one is home to send it to you.
Problem: You need to give a friend access to your computer to help diagnose a problem.
Solution: Set up a way to access your computer remotely and make your life easier.
Some may think this technology is not accessible to them, but one company has made it easy enough for even the novice internet user. And the best part, they made it FREE (which is rare for remote access software).
In this article I will explain how to set up a logmein.com free account so you can feel good about accessing your files when you are away from work (or home). (more…)
Does your company rely on local business?
Local search engine marketing is one of the most straight forward and cost effective ways to market a local business. The days of Yellow Books are over and more people are going to the internet for local information then ever before.
If you rely on local business, you company needs be listed on Google Maps. To do this, you’ll need to get listed with Google Places. And it’s free!
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You have all heard the horror stories about someone that lost all their files (valuable documents, photos, music, and the like). Hard drives are not made to last forever and one day they all go to hard drive heaven. If you have been sooo lucky to loose all your data, you know how important it is to backup your data on a regular basis.
Using an online data backup service is a good idea because: (more…)
What is the difference between IMAP and POP3?
imap or pop?
Setting up an email account on a third party client (most commonly: Microsoft Outlook for PC, Mail for Mac) seems like it should be easy. You put in your login, password, incoming and outgoing server information and viola! However there is one step that can be a bit confusing.
Do I select IMAP or POP3?
Here’s the basic rule of thumb:
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Have you ever felt lost because you didn’t have your trusty bookmarks easily accessible?
Maybe you are at a friends house, a work computer, or have multiple computers. If you haven’t heard about it already, social bookmarking is a great tool for accessing your bookmarks on any computer whenever and wherever.
My favorite social bookmarking service to use is delicious.com.
Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows you to tag, save, manage and share Web pages all in one place. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.
Social bookmarking is a way for Internet users to rank and store websites, blogs, articles, videos and other types of website content.
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This is one of the most common question for a new website owner.
My short answer is “make sure your site is optimized with the best keywords, have great content people are interested in and get more incoming links“ <<shameless link
The truth is if you want to do it right, the investment in time it takes to learn more about these techniques will benefit you and your business with better placement in the search engines.
Fortunately there are loads of FREE ways to market your website that often lead to high rankings in the search engines.
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Have you ever needed a photo of a guy with a wrench doing construction work?
Well, probably not but you can find images of all kinds with a simple search in these stock photo website databases. (more…)
What is Google Analytics?
Google Analytics is an advanced statistics program that allows web site owners to access detailed information about the visitors that come to their website. Utilizing this tool for your web site can:
- Tell you where people are coming from to get to your website.
- What keywords visitors have searched for to find your website
- What paths were taken that led to a sale
- Where site engagement is occurring
- Easily recognize changes in data patterns
- and much more…
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