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Are your keywords attracting the right audience? Take this 3-step keyword “audit”!

By now you probably know that including keywords on your site is a MUST if you want to attract visitors.

After all, over 90% of people looking for something online start by typing keywords into a search engine like Google. And if the words they type match the ones on your web pages, YOUR site will show up in the results for those terms.

There’s no question that including keywords on your site will get you visitors…

… but using the right words in the right places will get you SALES!

Follow these three steps to turn your site into a keyword workhorse that brings you the people who want what YOU have!

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Online Retail Defies the Recession

It’s clear there’s a recession going on. Costs of living are climbing, along with unemployment and bankruptcies.

But here’s some good news…

E-commerce is thriving in spite of these negative conditions according to Forrester Research. And throughout the remainder of this year and beyond it’s predicted to continue growing rapidly.

In fact, many e-business owners report increased sales over this same period last year.

Internet retailer Andreas Georgio, of AndreasInc.com, says, “[The recession] isn’t affecting me at all. Actually, my business has doubled almost every year since I started.”

Shawna Fennell, founder of 1Choice4YourStore.com, is equally optimistic. “I’m going into our Yahoo stores, and I’m thinking ‘Where’s the recession?’” she says.
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Big Fish - Small Pond… Simple Secrets to Hooking the Local Market

If your have a local business — like a service or a store — you know you MUST have a website.

But how do you get to the top of the search results when you have to compete with every similar business on the Internet?

YOU DON’T!

You only have to compete with similar businesses in your AREA.

Think about this… Erin lives in SoHo and needs to make some color prints during her lunch break.

She hops on the Internet, does a search for “color printing SoHo,” and Google Maps shows a bunch of businesses in her neighborhood.

It even shows her where they’re located.
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“Socialize” Your Way to Success - By Promoting Your Site in Forums

By Derek Gehl

Last week I gave you 6 tips on how to drive more paying customers to your site.

After that newsletter went out, a lot of people wrote me asking for more information about the strategies I mentioned.

… So today we’re going to delve down into two of the strategies I talked about last week, and give you even MORE hot tips on how to make these great traffic strategies work for you.

In this article, I’m going to give you some advice on how to promote your article in forums.

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6 Easy Ways to Drive Paying Customers to Your Site

By Derek Gehl

Quality traffic — it’s the “Holy Grail” of online marketing.

After all, there’s not much point in having a website if your potential customers aren’t able to find it!

This week, we’re going to focus on some of the different ways you can drive quality traffic to your site. (And by “quality,” I mean visitors that are likely to BUY what you sell on your site!)

In this article, I’ll talk about 6 of my favorite ways to attract more customers to your site. (And all of them are cheap or even freeee!)

And in the article below, two very special “guest contributors” are going to give you ANOTHER hot tip – and talk about how you can use one of the ‘Net’s hottest communication tools to drive even MORE qualified traffic to your site!

So let’s get started with my top 6 tips — if you’re not using any of these strategies, the time to get started is today!

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4 Ways to Attract Traffic With a Blog!

By Rosalind Gardner and Anik Singal

Blogging — both writing blogs AND reading blogs — has gone from being a “fringe” activity to one of the most popular pastimes on the ‘Net. In fact, blogging is now a global phenomenon. There are currently 112.8 million blogs in existence, with 175,000 new ones launching every day.

… But did you know that blogs are also a great way to drive traffic to your site?

Blogs, by design, are built to quickly and easily attract traffic, whether it be from search engines or from a rapid influx of links. The moment you publish a post, your blog goes to work for you letting the world know that you’ve made an update - the search engines come running and you find yourself ranking #1 for keywords in no time.

Here are 4 ways to attract traffic to your site using blogs (and 4 reasons why you NEED to start blogging):

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Six Ways to Find More Hours in Your Day

By Derek Gehl

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about my “BeBiz Challenge” — in which I challenge YOU to build a money-making website from scratch in 28 days or less.

(If you follow my proven 4-step system, I guarantee you can do it!)

… Ever since then, I’ve been getting emails that say something like:

“A money-making website in 28 days??? Easy for you to say! You’re able to dedicate yourself 24 hours a day to your business — but me, I’m already working a full-time job that leaves me exhausted at the end of the day, plus I have a family who needs me.… With all these demands on my time, how can *I* ever build a profitable business in just 4 weeks???”

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Got Five Seconds to Ramp Up Your Sales?

By Jen Blanchard

So you’ve found a niche and a blockbuster product, written your salescopy, and built your website…

… Now you’re ready to start counting your money, right?

Not so fast!

Before you do anything else, do this quick five-second test to make sure your site is EASY to use!

Just how important IS website usability?

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I admit it… I was a little nervous.

By Derek Gehl 

Well, I did it!

As promised, last week I created a money-making Internet business 100% from scratch.

Ok, so that may strike you as no big deal, since my business IS Internet marketing…

But here’s the clincher:

I did it all in FOUR DAYS in four unscripted video “episodes” to prove that once you know the basic steps of building an Internet business, you really can do it inside of a week if you apply them right!

I started with NOTHING.

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How a Simple “Thank-You” Can Boost Your Profits By 23% or MORE

This one’s for everyone who already has a website…

When someone buys your product, what do you send them? (Other than your product or newsletter, of course…

Do you send them a simple transactional email that’s basically just a receipt acknowledging their purchase?

… Or do you send them an email full of useful information about the product they’ve just bought — along with an invitation to buy even MORE stuff from you?

Purchase confirmation emails are a GREAT marketing opportunity. Not only do they boost the credibility of your company — they’re also the PERFECT chance to introduce people to other products or services you offer.

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