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Archive for February, 2008

27 ways to leverage the power of Google

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 29, 2008 – 9:11 pm

Google Search Create email account using GMAIL Post your local listing to Google local Advertise your business locally or nationally using Google Adwords Create a Blog Making money off your own website Google Adsense Track your website stats with Google Analytics Post YouTube videos promoting your business Sign up for Google Alerts for terms that [...]



What is NoFollow?

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 28, 2008 – 7:02 pm

NoFollow is a HTML tag you can place on a link to tell search engines not to follow that link. The link will not pass any link juice to your site. The only benefit of the link will be the traffic it sends. Note: Some larger sites such as wikipedia automatically make their links nofollow. [...]



Real Estate Agents – Making the most out of your downtime

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 25, 2008 – 8:59 am

Although the Real Estate market has gone downhill in Michigan, there are still a great number of experienced agents that don’t want to give up on their chosen career path. 5 year ago agents were busy on the phone, replying to emails, faxing, & driving all over town meeting buyers/sellers. I learned a lot about [...]



Communicating more effectively with your website visitors!

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 23, 2008 – 8:51 am

Before website owners had to rely on older methods of communication such as phone, fax & email to communicate with website visitors. This made it difficult for website owners to take full advantage of what the Internet offers.The Internet offers a way to present your business to the world without restrictions of physical location, hours [...]



5 Reasons to Implement Live Chat on your website

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 23, 2008 – 8:42 am

Chat with customers instantly Reduce shopping cart abandonment Aid in navigating customers to desired areas of your site See real-time data about your website visitors• where they are from,• which page they are on• how long they have been on• how they found your website (Google, Yahoo, MSN) You Build Trust & Credibility when you [...]



Showing credibility & trust will equal more online sales!

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 22, 2008 – 7:09 am

Website security is often one of the most overlooked aspects of an e-commerce website. This is also true in the brick and mortar store environment. You are more likely to make a purchase from a store/company you feel safe shopping with. If you were purchasing a piece of clothing, but didn’t have time to try [...]



FREE Merchant Account Options

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 19, 2008 – 7:00 am

If your looking for a way to accept credit cards from customers without the fees that come with standard merchant accounts, I have 3 solutions. Paypal Free Sign Up No Monthly Fees No Gateway Fees Low Transaction Fees Free Shopping Cart Tools Google Checkout Free Sign Up No Monthly Fees No Gateway Fees Low Transaction [...]



Mac Tip – How to manually eject a cd

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 18, 2008 – 5:47 pm

When the mac is booting up, hold down the left mouse key until the CD is ejected. 



Why the Ebay Strike shouldn’t have happened!

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 18, 2008 – 7:41 am

Brand yourself, not Ebay In the beginning Ebay was used by the average person looking to get rid of that item that has been lingering around the house for a while. A nice fit, if you think about it. Ebay supplied a great tool allowing for the average computer user to post their products and [...]



Free Classified Sites

Icon Written by Chadwick on February 17, 2008 – 8:56 am

There are so many FREE classified sites online that want your listing. Placing an ad on the sites listed below is a great tool. The traffic you will receive from the classified sites won’t be monumental, but the traffic they do send will be highly targeted. This will increase your chances for better conversion, depending [...]