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Choosing a Copywriter
November 24, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Copywriters come with many skill levels, talents, and experience. Choosing the best copywriter for your business will depend not only upon your needs, but also upon what you can afford to pay. But what do you look for when your company is small to medium-sized, and you simply don’t have that “BIG BOY” budget?
Writing is a skill that is learned and perfected, based upon someone’s natural ability to write and his willingness to constantly study his field. Many men and women consider themselves both freelance writers and copywriters based on the simple fact that they have their own websites and newsletters, have been praised by friends and family, and have sold a few pieces to other webmasters.
Technically, they are writers! But, are they the “type” of writer you are looking for? While there are many great writers and copywriters on the Internet who deserve a shot at being successful, not everyone is the perfect candidate for the job.
When looking for a copywriter for your business, consider the following:
• What’s the quality of work on his own site?
• What’s the quality of the work on his client’s site(s)?
• If you handed over a bunch of notes, could he make sense out of those notes?
• Does he ask questions to make sure he understands your needs?
• Is he willing to make changes quickly and cheerfully?
• When he speaks with you, does he make you feel important or inferior?
• If he’s writing for the web, can he add keywords and phrases in your copy, so that it still makes sense?
• Is he a yes man or will he thoughtfully discuss why your thinking won’t fit a piece and why?
• Does he offer suggestions that complement your piece and/or make it stronger?
• Is he reliable?
• What timeframe does he offer when getting your work done?
• Are his copywriting rates feasible and are they spelled out in clear detail?
• If the copywriter has never written for your industry before, do you have the patience to work with this writer until he has an intimate familiarity with your business and its terminology? If yes, does the copywriter show enough potential to warrant your time and money?
Once you’ve had a chance to interview copywriters based on the above questions, you’ll need to help your copywriter do his best job, by making sure that you have given him enough background information to understand your project. Information such as:
• Any published marketing materials
• Interoffice company memos
• Notes from business meetings
• Technical letters and product specs
• Your marketing plan
Above everything else, you need to make sure that you and your copywriter have the right “chemistry.” If you find your relationship tense, or always formal, you may want to find another copywriter. After all, success comes from “teamwork.”
So how much does a copywriter charge? Current rates vary from as little as $12.50 an hour (new writers) to well over $300 per hour! It’s true you get what you pay for, but if you’re company budget can’t afford to pay $100 or more an hour, you can still find a qualified, affordable copywriter to meet YOUR company budget.
Utilizing a more affordable copywriter may simply require a bit more of your involvement in exchange for a lower rate. You may need to provide more information so that the copywriter’s primary duty is to finesse the language and create dynamic text that will appeal to your intended audience–even if he doesn’t come to the table with a thorough background in your particular field.
SEO for google,bing and yahoo
November 19, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Ranking on one of these major search engines can be an intimidating task. Ranking on all three entails three different sets of rules and algorithms. It’s not impossible though, it just takes a little in-depth knowledge.
The end result of every search engine is the same. They all want their visitors to find the most relevant results they can by using their search mechanisms. How they get there however changes from search engine to search engine. Yet even these variations are limited.
To clarify the difference between Google, Bing and Yahoo, it is first necessary to understand each one individually, starting with Bing. It could be realistically said that it is easier to expect rankings on Bing first.
Bing for SEO
Bing demands a structured site that carries a distinct theme and provides many inbound links. Bing is fast to pick up and credits new content and incoming links. This is good news for SEO practitioners as it means with the right strategy it is possible to rank fairly quickly.
Bing requires a solid site that focuses on primary keywords, a good number of links and one that keeps their theme constant throughout. They don’t use aging delay methods and within a few months of concentrated SEO, one can start ranking highly for competitive keyword phrases.
Yahoo for SEO
Yahoo! also demands a solid size website along with unique content and a good amount of links. They have a type of page value factor which is similar to Google’s Page Rank. However Yahoo! do not say what the specifics of their page value is.
Yahoo! place importance on age links. Links don’t hold value for them until they are of a certain age. The time period is unknown. In order to rank on Yahoo! they require you have patience until your links age.
Google for SEO
It is the wish of most webmasters that they attain Google rankings. If you build a website that follows ethical practice, you will be ranked. But this will take longer than Bing and Yahoo! rankings due to their link age policy or rule.
The longer your links, domain and pages have been online the better your rankings. Google require constant linking and updated content.
Apart from that Google rankings follow the same rules set by Bing and Yahoo!
In conclusion
It follows logically that a new website should focus their SEO efforts on first Bing and on building good quality and relevant links. While you are gaining rankings on Bing it follows suit that your efforts will start attracting the attention both Yahoo! and Google.
Ranking well on all three search engines is not impossible. In fact it is possibly easier than you may think. It takes patience and time and analysis.
Researching what is required by each will help determine exactly what amount of weight should be focused on different areas. Tweaking your offerings as you go will ensure that your site is optimized for all three search engines.
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What Does It Need In Little Business Blog Marketing?
November 18, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Blog marketing can be quite complicated for anyone that has never even blogged before. If you are considering getting into small business blog marketing, you will want to first have a blog and see what that is like before you get into something more. Blogging requires dedication and patience. You have to update your blog on a regular basis in order to keep your readers happy. Doing so will keep them coming back for more and to see what you have new to say.
Small business blog marketing consists of blogging about your business. It definitely is a great tool that you should use to get your business out there and known by others. However, you will need to be patient because it is a long process that will require much of your attention. Just because you have a blog does not mean that someone is going to find it and read it. You are going to have to make it known. If you have a website for your business, you can link your blog to it and that will let the ones that know about your business and business website know about your blog as well.
Small business blog marketing is something that anyone can do. Having a blog and keeping it up to date with the latest information is not hard. All you need to have is a plan and you will be set to market any type of business from your blog. Whether you are selling a product or a service, it does not matter. A blog that is marketed the right way will be beneficial to any business whatever it might be.
So you are probably wondering how you are going to accomplish this small business blog marketing. When you are marketing a blog, you pretty much do it the same way that you would market a website. It is going to need keywords, and content. You can write the content yourself, or pay someone else to write it for you. That part is totally up to you. However you will want to be sure that the content is decent and something that your readers will want to read. This will keep them coming back. Make sure that the content is written from special keywords that you choose. You will also want to become familiar with SEO which is Search Engine Optimization. SEO will help you to optimize your blog to get a better ranking with the search engines.
Once you have chosen the keywords, and gotten some content published on your blog, you will be ready to get it out there some more. Link exchanges are wonderful for marketing your small business blog. You want to try and exchange links with sites that are relevant to yours, but not in direct competition. If you try to exchange links with sites in competition with yours, you are going to find that many of them will turn you down in fear of losing business to you.
Paid directories are a big part of small business blog marketing as well. You can pay some directories to list your blog URL in their directory under the specific category that it falls under. However, some of these even have specific qualifications that you must have to get in. Follow all of the application steps, and you should be ok. Just do not try to submit your blog to a directory that it does not qualify for, or fit in.
Another important thing to remember when you are into small business blog marketing is that if anyone leaves you a comment on your blog, you should acknowledge it and respond. You can also comment on other blogs that are relevant to yours, and leave a link to your blog as well. This will help bring in visitors to your blog, and you will begin to see more and more traffic.
Small business blog marketing is not rocket science, however someone that has never marketed a single thing before in their life may have problems. Just be persistent, and don’t give up.
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How to Stop Binge Eating With Challenges, Part 2
November 17, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
6. Challenge yourself to bite off more than you can chew, while learning how to spit.
Decide that you will stop your struggle with binge eating disorder. Instead of expecting to change overnight, remind yourself that it will take time, effort, and patience. The goal of overcoming binge eating is a big one – Know that and never forget it. It’s going to be difficult, but when you take it step-by-step, it is easier.
Don’t set yourself up for failure by expecting to change so much at once. Taking it step-by-step will be more successful than you think.
Figure out little things you can do daily, weekly, or monthly to help build a strong foundation underneath you. Start journaling. Talk to friends. Go for walks. Fight the urge to binge. Step outside of your comfort zone.
All of these things will add up and produce big results. You just have to take it one step at a time.
7. Challenge yourself to be the person you dream of being.
What kind of person do you dream of becoming when you are binge-free? What does that person look like? How does that person act? What does that person do instead of binge eating?
Write down all characteristics of the person you desire to be. Don’t leave anything out. Write down the types of people you will be friends with and what you will talk about. Write down how you will dress.
Just be sure to see yourself as the person you can be without binge eating. Make sure to leave that out and challenge yourself to think about how your life would be when binge eating is not a part of it.
8. Challenge yourself to fall in love with your quirks, flaws, and imperfections.
You cannot be a perfectionist while binge eating. It just doesn’t work and probably leads to more bingeing. Instead of finding and obsessing over your flaws, quirks, and imperfections, learn how to use them to your benefit. Learn how to love yourself and embrace the qualities that you have that might be different than others.
After all, being different is what sets you apart from everyone else… and isn’t that something to be happy about? How boring would our world be if we were all the same?
If we all had the same facial features…
If we all were skinny and looked the same…
If we all had the same bone structure…
If we all believed the same thing…
If we all enjoyed doing the same thing…
Remember, it’s our differences that make the world go ‘round. Rejoice in your differences and find a different angle on your quirks so that you can start to love them.
9. Challenge yourself to learn something new, do it well, and show it off.
When you learn something new and do it well, your mind opens up to other possibilities. You will not become stagnant in doing just what you know. You will step out of your comfort zone and this will do wonders for your self-esteem. As you know, when you improve your self-esteem, you will feel better about yourself, which will help you believe in the fact that you can overcome binge eating disorder.
10. Challenge yourself to have outrageous amounts of fun.
This is a fun one! I mean, who doesn’t like to have fun, right?
Try to add some fun in your life everyday and see how this will affect your total self. I bet you will be happier and will laugh, instead of feeling sorry for yourself and wondering why you are still bingeing. You need to have some fun!
When you have fun, it makes you feel good. When you feel good, you automatically feel better about yourself, regardless of what is going on. It’s an instant booster for your mood, no matter what. And, when you feel better about yourself, you might want to keep that attitude for as long as you can, which would mean having no reason to binge.
When you are having fun, you aren’t not going to think like “Wow, this is so fun… Maybe I should binge and totally destroy my mood.” No! Instead, you will feel so good about yourself and you’ll want to keep those good feeling going for as long as you can.
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Kristin Gerstley is a former binge eater that now has a very healthy relationship with food. She is the owner of http://www.endbingeeating.com and http://www.bingeeatingdisorderhelp.com, both of which help people overcome Binge Eating Disorder. She also publishes a free newsletter offering encouragement, tips on how to stop binge eating, and regain control of your life.
How To Earn Money Online Now
November 12, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
There are a considerable number of free and effective strategies available to aid you in how you can earn money online.If like most of us including me,i’m sure you can’t afford to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for marketing firms to bring customers to your website ? While these companies promise their services will bring results, what they do or don’t do for you, may or may not prove as effective as doing it yourself. There are literally tons of people online everyday, most of them are looking for information, some of them will purchase something .Therefore that should give you your first clue as to how to earn money online?
Blog vendors offer you a variety of templates you can choose from. Most likely you will find among them one that offers the look and feel you’re looking for. Blogging became popular and grew up along with the development of the wordpress script. Today, blogging is not just a way to express your ideas but is also the biggest (in terms of numbers) source of income for online entrepreneurs,myself included.
Websites that can teach you all the techniques to drive traffic to your sites or affiliate sites and potentialy earn huge dollars online. Making $500 a day online is quite normal and you can get started very quickly if you know the right techniques. Web designers, magazines and press need new photos ,images and most importantly good content daily. Often they will look for photo marketplaces and agencies to buy photos that fit their need or article sites or plr agencies to source their content.
Website owners can earn money through various ways,and i have searched scores of sites on the net in search of the holy grail .Whilst i can’t say i have reached utopia on my search, i can say that i have found some fantastic ways to earn money online along the way.It really is all about research and a little patience thrown in whilst carrying out that research.
Rest assured the internet is still a goldmine but you must be a good digger and experienced enough to identify the cash spots to become rich. Ultimately the internet can provide us with the most convenient ways of doing almost anything. We can be sitting at home at the same time we are selling out whicjh i for one love as it beats working for a living . Internet marketing is not as easy as you might think, or as some scam merchants might try and lead you to believe. However, if you have a complete set of strategies, it can be very easy.As the internet has given us opportunities not only for convenience in technology but as a means of earning money online.
Ezine-article sites can provide you with all the content you are looking for.As an example you are allowed to post any article from them ( including this one) in its entirety, on your website.However just be sure to include all active links and don’t try and pass the article off as your own ,as this can have serious copyright infringement consequenses for you.You get free content and articles without having to write anything yourself or pay for the content so don’t abuse it. Articles, ecourses, books, scripts, videos, networking-it’s all there and readily available to you on the fantastic tool that is the internet.
Advertisers are legitimate businesses who seek to reach the internet audience through google adwords . Moreover, paypal is now recognised as one of the most secure online transaction merchants. Ad placement is one thing but paying people is another thing. While they keep guessing, you can start earning ,as adsense and adwords are no longer a revolutionary new product and the domain of only the guru’s, and those in the know.There are some fantastic courses available to allow you to have access to it as well and promoting it can give you the opportunity to make serious money if you put forth the effort.
Advertising ads on blogs is an effective method to make money online and you should know when to put ads on your blog. You should ask yourself before putting ads on your blog when should I put advertising ads on my blog? Ads can be easily customized to display specific products or product categories in non-contextual mode, or highly relevant contextual ads based on your page’s content. Payout is as high as 50-80 cents per click so it can be extremely lucrative ,but is mainly determined by the quality and relevancy of the content on your site.Google adsense is an excellent money making program on the internet and thousands of the websites are generating income with the google adsense program. For participating in this program, you need to have a highly professional, unique content rich website.
Signup bonuses are realistic, referral bonuses are generous and upgrades are bargain-tastic. My only criticism right now would be the lack of ready-made creatives for members to advertise the site but I’m sure there will be some splash pages coming soon. Sign up for google’s adsense (which is totally free) and put your adsense code on your site to share the money made on any of your posts. The ads on the pages with people’s codes are shared 50/50 with the person adding the question.
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PayPal is a globally trusted organization and if you haven’t heard of paypal they were founded in 1998. PayPal, is an eBay company,which enables any individual or business with an email address to securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online. PayPal’s service builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards and utilizes the world’s most advanced proprietary fraud prevention systems to create a safe, global, real-time payment solution.PayPal has quickly become a global leader in online payment solutions with 86.6 million account members worldwide and growing.
Excellent content makes them come back. But whether good or excellent, if the content is submitted in the right web directory for site and articles, visitors will become residents of your site. Excellent customer service will also fully guarantee this.
Imagine for a moment a home job that is so easy,that you use only your computer to work and get paid by paypal everyday.Imagine training that will show you how to have your website on top of the search engines with out paying anything to get you there ! Imagine you are the owner of your own web business online, and each time a customer makes a purchase you automatically earn money, even if you’re sound asleep. Isn’t is exiciting to earn money online ? Well you can earn money online in the next few minutes if you really want to ! Finally imagine what you could do if you really tried ?
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How to Make Quick Money Via How-Tos
November 12, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
The Internet has a plethora of ideas on how to make quick money, some scams and schemes, some legitimate business opportunities. You often have to tread carefully because most scams and schemes ask for payments on e-books, software and referrals before you can actually earn money.
So, the best way how to make quick money boils down to making your own money! After all, what person in his right mind will fool himself with his own scam? Definitely not you, considering that you are reading this article with the intent of earning money via the Internet the guaranteed way! And making how-tos for the Netizens out there is one of the surefire ways.Instructional Blogs
Perhaps you have heard of a 13-year-old boy from the Philippines who writes about how to make quick money online and related topics on his blog. If you have, then you will be inspired to know that he is still at it! And earning thousands in a year, if you must know.
If a teenager can make money on the Internet, with the assumption that he probably knew less than you did when he started on his blog, then you can earn money, too, with instructional blogs! Note the term “blogs” as you can actually maintain many of these provided you have the patience and the perseverance to learn about SEO, affiliate marketing, Goggle AdSense and other online money-making ways.
However, you are not limited with advising others about how to make quick money online. You can find your own offline niche to blog and brag about – how to recycle furniture, how to get your ex back, how to perform spells, how to speak in public and whatever how-to you know about.
Just remember that you have to find your own style, your own niche, your own loyal readership. With the overabundance of self-made gurus in the blogosphere, you have your work cut out for you to stand out from the rest.
There are many ways to start your own instructional blog – Blogger, TypePad and WordPress come to mind – that will assist you in blog creation and blog hosting. You can then learn as you earn from there.How-To Videos
If you believe you have the filmmaking savvy of Steven Spielberg and the hosting pizzazz of Jay Leno, then producing and starring in how-to videos can earn you big-time money. And on a part-time, film-as-you-get-inspired, minimal-crew-needed basis, to boot!
You can hone your filmmaking and scriptwriting skills while you sharpen your hosting charm with this most enjoyable, and dare we say one of the more profitable, of ways how to make quick money over the Internet. Four birds with one stone are not half-bad!
For example, at Metacafe, you can earn $5 for every 1,000 views. You can earn as little as $250 to much as $2,000 a month depending on the quality of your videos. Not bad considering that you can pay the bills with a few hours work each month!
Of course, Metacafe is not the only site that pays for how-to videos. You can also become a video producer for Howcast, YouTube, VideoJug, and Instructables. So, get your camcorders out, polish your scripts and tell ‘em Netizens what to do, how to do it and why do it!
You can even make an instructional video on how to make quick money and pass on your knowledge to others. Watch how your income soar beyond your wildest dreams!

