• Tips to keep your name off the internet

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:10
    Be very careful when using your real name. This would include My Space and Face Book profiles. This type of content is stored on servers for years. Even if you change something in your profile the old profile has likely already been saved in a process called caching and is ...

  • Delete my name from search engines

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:10
    The concept of entirely deleting your name from Google, Yahoo and MSN does not always exist. Once a negative item is indexed it could stay there forever. In order for these posts to be removed or displaced from the search engines we have to replace them with positive information about ...

  • Will You Pass the Flinch Test?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:10
    There is a little test that professional buyers give to every salesperson. It is a test to see if they are confident in the price they presented. They call it the flinch test. This is the test Procurement Agents and other professional buyers give to salespeople when they provide pricing. ...

  • Managers Say Customer Relationships Are Their Top Issue

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:10
    I just read a 500-word article from some consulting firm to a Fortune 10 company on one point – “managers say that relationships are important.” Well gohleee! Where is Gomer Pyle when you need him? Boy, what a non-surprise. Relationships are important? Now you tell me! What was I thinking all these years? This ...

  • What would Ben Franklin think of the Ben Franklin close?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:10
    The Benjamin Franklin Close (also known as "The Balance Sheet Close") is one of the classic old time sales tactics used to close a sale. Never heard of it? Shame on you. Not enough sales training. The scenario is this: You've made your presentation, but the prospect is on the fence ...

  • Authenticity: Using Your Genuine Story to Sell More Stuff

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:10
    Being authentic in business is WAY more interesting than being fake. Ever heard an ad that sounded like it was too good to be true? It probably was. And there are lots of people who probably feel the same way about YOUR message. Are you being real and honest, or are you ...

  • Five Problems, Five Solutions

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:10
    In late May, Bill Caskey, founder of Indianapolis-based sales training firm Caskey, hosted a seminar on building a sales "Dream Team." In the days leading up to that seminar, Caskey published a series of videos exploring five major areas in which he consistently sees sales reps struggling and his tips ...

  • How to Retain your Best Salespeople

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:10
    You need to be paying your employees 20% more than your competitors if you want to retain them. But here’s the good news. The 20% more doesn’t need to be in cold hard cash. It can be in many other areas which when added up clearly show your salespeople that ...

  • Tips and Tricks on Using Twitter for Business

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Anton Pearce Have you thought about using Twitter to market your business? Twitter is free, and available to small and large businesses. Here are some tips and tricks on using Twitter to promote your business.

  • 18 Effective Search Engine Optimization Techniques

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Sue Cooper Proper Search Engine Optimization, otherwise known as SEO, has quickly become a popular topic of conversation among website owners and entrepreneurs. The difference between having a successful website, and hosting a flop, is often the difference between whether or not you''ve incorporated proper keywords and phrases into your webpages.

  • Google Caffeine - What Do You Need To Know & What You Need To Do?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Kabir Bedi Google algorithms have always been something of a mystery for the search community. In fact, it has been the close guarded secret that nobody has been able to crack upon and all that we can rely on is the occasional hints of info dropped by Google every now and then.

  • Landing Pages: What You Need to Explain to your Website Design Company

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Colette Mason The definition of a landing page is simply "the first page that visitors hit on your site," so it is not strictly a certain page but any page that a user "lands" on. All websites have landing pages, whether they like it or not, even if it was not specifically designed as such.

  • The Google Duplicate Content Penalty: the Truth

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Peter Nisbet The truth of the Google duplicate content penalty is quite simply that there is none! If that confuses you, then you have been reading too many misinformed forums or blogs where people get stuck on some popular term that they have no idea what it means, and then profess to be experts.

  • Optimizing PDFs - How To Boost SEO Chances?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Kabir Bedi Often business websites have PDF documents on their website sell sheets, brochures, white papers, technical briefs, etc., which incidentally are also very popular among users to take home the information with them. And that is precisely why it would be a good idea to optimize the PDFs for search engine visibility.

  • Is Load-Speed the Ultimate Google Ranking Factor?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Sasch Mayer Last week''s post about load speeds on Google''s Official Webmaster Central Blog finally confirmed the rumors which have abounded across the SEO sector for months - that Google now factors a site''s load-speed when assessing its search ranking.

  • LinkedIn - Best Practices For You and Your Business

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Jay Massey LinkedIn is a professional, business networking tool that is too easily lumped into the social networking service. Even though many of the same modes of operation are employed, the focus is on professionals, professional dialog, professional opportunities, and companies.

  • Can You Achieve SEO with a WordPress Site?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Paul Marshall Experts in marketing consulting emphasize a primary goal: getting your site indexed and ranked with the search engines. Not long ago, they would have said a blog might help you do that. They likely wouldn''t have recommended that a blog serve as your main site.

  • Keywords Are It! Seven Powerful & Useful Keyword Marketing Tools

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Titus Hoskins After years of running websites and earning a full-time online income, I am constantly reminded that it all comes down to keywords. Actually, it all comes down to obtaining top rankings for your profitable keywords in the search engines, mainly Google.

  • Five Simple but Powerful Ways to Use Google Analytics

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Anna Williams If you haven''t started using Google Analytics on your website(s) or blogs, I highly highly recommend it. If you''ve set up an account but rarely look at it - I recommend you start looking.

  • How to password protect memory sticks?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: wonderlonglife If you intend to store confidential files on a memory stick, security should be an important issue for you. Incidents concerning lost memory sticks often occur. A survey in UK reveals that 4,500 memory sticks had been forgotten in people''s pockets as they take their clothes to be washed at the local dry cleaners in 2009. What we should worry about is not the memory sticks, but the vital files contained on them. It could be a disaster to have the important information fall into someone''s hands, like the health records of more than 80,000 patients contained in the lost unencrypted memory stick in Canada according to CBC news.

  • Don't Let You Old Content Go Stale - Give It a Fresh Lease of Link Life

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Kabir Bedi If you have been into content creation for a good amount of time, chances are that you would have some good strong links in the past. But do you think you can count on them forever?

  • 15 Important Web Design Tips

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Sharon Housley Here are 15 important website design tips that you might not be aware of or have overlooked. Consider taking advantage of them if you haven''t already done so...

  • Social Marketing vs Generic SEO - What's The Difference?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 10:39:00
    Author: Dave Talbot There are many different methods of marketing your business website, on-line shop or e-commerce website, but for many business owners there seems to be a bit of confusion between what is considered generic back link building and what is a true social marketing campaign, and more to the point what is the aim of each marketing strategy?

  • 7 Different (and Useful) Ways to Use Twitter

    Updated: 2010-04-30 07:21:28
    Ready to go beyond the basics with Twitter? Alyssa shares seven tools help you use Twitter beyond the expected ways.

  • 6 Twitter Clients You May Not Have Heard Of

    Updated: 2010-04-30 00:34:40
    Alyssa has recently discovered a number of Twitter apps that are completely new to her. In the first of three posts, she shares some of her top finds.

  • YouTube Gives Backlinks to Your Website

    Updated: 2010-04-29 11:54:43
    Get some traffic love to your website from YouTube with the new 'As Seen On' link.

  • Top 5 Firefox Add-Ons for Boosting Productivity

    Updated: 2010-04-28 10:39:34
    Alyssa shares her list of the five best Firefox add-ons for being more productive and efficient while working online.

  • Animal Planet Hoarders

    Updated: 2010-04-28 01:24:09
    A hoarding case in Jacksonville NC was covered by Animal Planet and the Carteret County Animal Shelter was called upon to provide shelter for some of the rescued animals.

  • Share IT Fails: Microsoft Will Draw Cartoons!

    Updated: 2010-04-27 21:56:27
    Microsoft is running a new web comic site called Where’s the ‘Any’ Key?, where you can share tales of IT Fails and they convert them into cartoons if enough readers like your humorous story. If you are an IT professional, share your fail moments from tech support, and if enough readers vote on it – the [...]

  • Top 50 Sites to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

    Updated: 2010-04-27 13:55:28
    Guest post by Thomas Oppong. How to drive traffic to your blog? Traffic Generation is so crucial to any web business that depends on unique visitors to survive. Blogs like Mashable, Techcrunch, Problogger.com, Copyblogger.com and Zen Habits generate tons of traffic daily. Traffic is the key to online businesses which depend on visitors to make money. [...]

  • How to Find the Perfect Domain Name

    Updated: 2010-04-27 08:36:41
    It's getting hard to find a good domain name these days ... Alyssa offers a little help for your next search.

  • UK Election Special, Part 1: Labour Party Website

    Updated: 2010-04-27 04:43:50
    , : Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 26 Apr 2010 UK Election Special , Part 1 : Labour Party Website In case you didn't know , Britain will be electing its next government on May 6. In keeping with the spirit of the election , I am taking a look at the websites of the three main parties , starting with the incumbent , the Labour Party Labour Party home page Labour's slogan is A future fair for all . In case you missed it , they've repeated it three times on the home page . Surprisingly for what I imagine is a fairly content-heavy website , there is no site . search Labour's color is red , and the site does a reasonable job of using that core color , without making your eyes . bleed I'm not sure why the header is

  • Reseller Hosting Demystified

    Updated: 2010-04-24 02:24:58
    Regrets often appear as feelings of doubt and insecurity. Alyssa walks you through getting rid of them once and for all.

  • How to Let Go of Regrets in Your Business

    Updated: 2010-04-24 02:24:58
    Regrets often appear as feelings of doubt and insecurity. Alyssa walks you through getting rid of them once and for all.

  • View the First YouTube Video

    Updated: 2010-04-23 20:35:35
    The first YouTube video was uploaded at 8:27PM on Saturday April 23rd, 2005 and was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo. As Youtube celebrates it fifth birthday today, see what the first video uploaded to Youtube looked like. Watch the video below… nothing special, but its embedded in history! YouTube Video Awards [...]

  • 6 Tips to Improve Results of Press Releases

    Updated: 2010-04-23 08:25:53
    Guest post by Eric. Press releases have been a method of marketing since before the internet was ever used for marketing. The benefits of a good press release are numerous when done well. Benefits Available Through Press Releases Knowing how to properly write a press release can make the difference between publishing a mildly informative document and getting solid [...]

  • Earth Day: Get Inspired and Turn Your Business Green

    Updated: 2010-04-23 01:20:34
    Alyssa shares links to Earth Day initiatives, ideas and inspirations you can incorporate today in your business and in your life.

  • Is MORE Competition Better For Your Online Business?

    Updated: 2010-04-22 20:15:51
    Guest post by Jonathan Beebe. When most people take their first plunge into making money online, one of the initial pieces of advice they receive is to gauge their online competition before moving forward with a niche, to make sure it’s not too “competitive” or “saturated” for newcomers entering the market. I say the opposite. I say [...]

  • The Art and Science of Understanding Users

    Updated: 2010-04-22 14:53:10
    To understand users you need research, patience ... and a little common sense! Georgina shows how to get inside your audience's head using information and intuition.

  • Free Skype Access for 100,000 WiFi Hotspots Worldwide

    Updated: 2010-04-22 12:14:58
    As Volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in Iceland disrupts air traffic, travellers can enjoy free Skype Access, at over 100,000 wifi hotspots worldwide from midday Wednesday this week until the end of Friday 23 April. We’re removing the normal charges made for Skype Access until the end of the week so that you [...]

  • Download Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Touch Devices

    Updated: 2010-04-22 08:05:39
    Now you can download Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 for any Windows Touch capable devices. Earlier Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 was only available for OEMs to put on new Windows 7 PCs capable of Windows Touch, now if you have a Windows Touch capable device, you can download it separately also. The Microsoft [...]

  • 7 Tools to Make Better Use of Twitter Lists

    Updated: 2010-04-21 16:27:38
    Alyssa provides a list of tools available to help you do more with Twitter Lists.

  • $150 Discount on "Voices That Matter" Web Design Conference

    Updated: 2010-04-21 04:07:25
    Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 20 Apr 2010 150 Discount on Voices That Matter Web Design Conference If you're in the San Francisco area at the end of June you may want to check this out . New Riders' Voices That Matter web design conference takes place June 28-29. It features such web luminaries as Jesse James Garrett , Dan Cederholm , Tantek Çelik , and Steve Krug , author of one of my favorite web books , Don't Make Me Think Readers of this blog can get a 150 discount off the conference fee by entering the code WBNBLGA when registering . Register before May 14 to get early bird pricing . The all-day HTML5 workshop on the last day in particular looks like it could be . useful Posted on : April 20, 2010 2 Comments

  • How Do You Use Twitter Lists?

    Updated: 2010-04-21 02:20:23
    Twitter Lists are still gaining in popularity, and there are hundreds of ways to use them. Alyssa shares a list of how she has seen Lists used. Now it's your turn to weigh in.

  • Your Home Page is NOT Your Website

    Updated: 2010-04-20 04:41:18
    Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 19 Apr 2010 Your Home Page is NOT Your Website Gerry McGovern's recent post on the decline of the home page reminded me of a similar post I wrote last . year However , while I wholeheartedly agree with the overall point he is making , the issue is not that too many marketers and communicators are destroying whatever credibility their homepages have left with customers by filling them with useless graphics and meaningless . words While this may have been true a few years ago , the majority of web teams have moved beyond happy , smiling faces and marketing jargon to creating home pages that are useful and . engaging The problem is simply that there is an undue emphasis on a website's home

  • How to Proofread Your Own Writing

    Updated: 2010-04-20 01:26:56
    Everything you write is a reflection of your professionalism, your communication skills and your experience. Alyssa provides some tips for making sure your writing is error-free.

  • How Do You Get Faster and More Efficient?

    Updated: 2010-04-19 01:12:20
    Obese web pages are frustrating for people with slow connections, but they could now have a direct impact on your business. Craig discusses why the Google site speed check could affect SEO.

  • Why Page Weight Could Wreck Your SEO Efforts

    Updated: 2010-04-19 01:12:20
    Obese web pages are frustrating for people with slow connections, but they could now have a direct impact on your business. Craig discusses why the Google site speed check could affect SEO.

  • Social Media Collaboration with HootSuite

    Updated: 2010-04-17 06:55:06
    Alyssa reviews HootSuite's new collaboration features, making it easier to apply a team approach to social media.

  • NameDrive.com

    Updated: 2010-04-15 21:53:15
    Language : English Deutsch Polski Français Italiano Español Nederlands Inquire about the domain FacesOfYve.com If you would like to inquire about FacesOfYve.com , please fill in the following details and submit your . message : Name : E-mail : Phone : Offer EUR USD GBP JPY : Comment Verification

  • iPad Peek – Peek at Your Blog on the iPad

    Updated: 2010-04-11 20:09:20
    iPad Peek: Thanks to iPad Peek, you are now able to visualize how your blog or website would render on the iPad. A few tips as offered by Mashable include clicking on the top border to switch from landscape to portrait mode, disabling Flash on your browser to simulate the lack of Flash support on

  • WordPress for iPad and iPhone OS 2.4

    Updated: 2010-04-11 20:09:18
    WordPress for iPhone OS 2.4.: WordPress for the iPad is now available, according to the WordPress for iPhone blog. The Automattic team has worked with Small Society to work on this new version. Find more details about the application at iphone.wordpress.org and also at the Next web writeup, which has some nice screenshots as well.

  • New Website Launched: Bike and the Like

    Updated: 2010-04-09 03:55:23
    : Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 08 Apr 2010 New Website Launched : Bike and the Like I don't do much freelance work any more . Mainly because work family gaming habit blog doesn't leave time for too much else . However , I do have a couple of clients and I recently redesigned the website for one of them Bike and the Like Bike and the Like home page I was pretty happy how it turned out , although I'm not much of a graphic designer and so the header could do with a proper . logo To save development time , I used a pre-paid template as a framework for the site . However , I was surprised to find that in the end I changed the design of the site so much it really would have been just as efficient to build the site from .

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