How Blogging Impacts Mainstream Marketing

How Blogging Impacts Mainstream Marketing

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582

Summary:
Companies can use blogs as a marketing tool. But the quality of the writing is paramount.

Keywords:
marketing, copywriting, blogging, blog marketing, marketing blogs

Article Body:
Because I'm a journalist and copywriter who also reads and writes blogs, people who don't use the Internet as much as I do have started to ask me some searching questions of late. Some of them sound worried.

They have heard a lot about blogging and the impact it could have on traditional marketing.

One person even asked me (perhaps a little concerned) if PR teams will be replaced with bloggers. I don't see it, I reassured them.

PR is also about managing people and that will always be important. The mainstream media isn't about to disappear, and the majority of the population probably couldn't care less about blogs. For all the hype, blogging should be seen as a potential addition to a marketing portfolio.

The place blogging may have its biggest impact is on areas of the trade press.
There is a revolution in publishing taking place, sparked by the new forms of advertising such as Google ad sense. This has made it possible for someone running a blog site, with a staff of one and overheads of almost nothing, to start earning a living from their publishing.

If the blogger can get readers, then Google places the ads (relevant to the content) – and you have a publishing business. This gives a lot of people an incentive to provide great content – so that they get more readers, and more money from ads.

It's just like the traditional press, but without the need for offices, advertising sales teams, HR departments etc.

This works best in niche areas. Soon, there may not be much need for magazines about new gadgets, or mobile phones, or ride-on-lawn mowers or whatever. Because the blogs have it covered, providing more up-to-date information and readers who are ready to buy – and can simply click on the advert.

The everyday bloggers have a new-found power and are not about to go away. Some blogs now get millions, even tens of millions of readers a day. They are rivalling the mainstream media – and if the US government can't control them, what chance does a small company or even a big enterprise have?

Companies and blogs

It's still pretty early days for companies using blogs, and the whole thing is evolving. It will probably settle down into one more piece in the jigsaw, another communication channel that companies can use.

The style used in company blogs needs to be less "written by committee" and more personal and spontaneous.

Companies that try to use too much subterfuge in the blogging world are exposing themselves to a potential backlash. There's a great emphasis on honesty in the blogging world – for example bloggers will often end a post with a "disclosure" note which mentions any conflict of interest.

At a simple level, blogging can be seen as simply another way of publishing information on the Internet. It's useful because it is so fast and it's easy to get a range of people involved quite quickly.

However, there are real skills involved to good blogging. Not only does the writing have to be engaging, colourful, funny, informative etc, but the writer also needs to  take account of search engine optimisation techniques – which basically  means using the right keywords to ensure the blog shows up in the search engines.
 
At it's most sophisticated, blogging is being used to create "viral marketing" campaigns – to create a "buzz" around a product as though this were coming from ordinary people. This is a whole new field of marketing / advertising…

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Alternatives in Payment Systems

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462

Summary:
Every good business person knows that one of the best ways to boost sales and traffic to their product is to allow for multiple payment options. By offering many different methods of payment, you allow the masses to all be equal in the purchase of the same goods.

Keywords:
payment options, payment methods, paypal

Article Body:
Every good business person knows that one of the best ways to boost sales and traffic to their product is to allow for multiple payment options. By offering many different methods of payment, you allow the masses to all be equal in the purchase of the same goods. This eliminates the upper scale clients from having this product while keeping the less than fortunate from going without. There are many fashions of payment these days that can accommodate just about everyone.

Anyone who limits the acceptable payment methods to a mere few can easily be losing business and in turn losing money. As word of mouth on the net is a very fast river, that mentality of limited payment options can easily break your success online. The bottom line is you must allow for convenient ways for your customers to pay for the product, or you will loose out on business. The method of paying by credit card is by far the biggest payment method going right now, with over 90% of all sales coming this way. It is clear and by far the most used method of payment, and a company would be ill advised to eliminate that fashion of payment from their options. It is not a difficult chore to set up your site to accept credit card payments; actually it is much easier than you think. There is a new contender in the payment option ring today; this payment method is the PayPal account.

This handy account has a completely revamped system that has eliminated all the quirks and bugs of its previous version, and is now very simple to use. This great tool is very safe for the transfer of funds to you, so there is minimal worry by the client. It also has a very good tracking system in place to protect you as well as the clients themselves. Again this is not the only contender in the ring, as the debit card seems to be gain momentum. It is said that this will be the vehicle of fund transfer for the future; clearly it is here to stay. It would not be advisable for any business owner to exclude these payment methods off their list. Toll free number and order forms still find their way into this option list of payment, as they have been reliable in the past and easy to keep track of. This is what is known as an offline transaction.

When it comes down to it, the idea of business is not to merely get by it is to succeed. If you limit yourself you are they opening the door for the competition to succeed and in turn shut you down. After all, a sale is still and always will be a sale.
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Data Entry Companies – Working At Home

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301

Summary:
So there is a company out there for everything nowadays right?  I mean if you need someone to do something chances are you won't only find a person but an entire company specializing in this needed task.  I mean one look at the phone book will tell you this

Keywords:
Data Entry Companies

Article Body:
So there is a company out there for everything nowadays right?  I mean if you need someone to do something chances are you won't only find a person but an entire company specializing in this needed task.  I mean one look at the phone book will tell you this.  So it would make sense that a service that is needed by most companies would of course create other companies to provide it.  Consequently there is now a huge number of data entry companies floating around out there.

Data entry companies have only recently become used on a frequent basis as it used to be thought that data entry was better managed in-house, by people familiar with the product, database, or business, however people are starting to realize that it is faster and more efficient to outsource this work to data entry companies. This allows the management to focus other issues, and the data entry gets done by fast and efficient, trained professionals.

There are companies for data entry in the states and then it is also possible to outsource to other countries, this is probably even cheaper.  Just looking online there are numerous data entry companies advertising and I am sure this doesn't even scratch the surface.

For some companies data entry services are not just a convenience but more of a necessity.  Some companies do not need data entry on a permanent basis and for these companies the data entry companies are a life-saver.  Now no investment in new or computers or personal is needed.  These companies can simply hire a data entry company for the duration of their need.  There are always new services springing up to take cares of customer needs, whoever the customer might be, data entry companies are just one more example of this.

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Advertising Your Work At Home Business Opportunity

Advertising Your Work At Home Business Opportunity

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564

Summary:
4 ways to advertise your Work At Home Business Opportunity.  Google Adwords, Submit to Search Engines, Create A Newsletter, Write Free Articles

Keywords:
work at home, home business opportunity,

Article Body:

 

The business world is changing, and we are seeing the rapid rise of people who are wanting to work at home. Some companies are looking to make their employees sub-contractors because they want to pay fewer benefits. The economy and natural disasters have affected others. As a result, more and more people are looking to start a home business of their own.

There probably never has been a greater opportunity to start a home business opportunity than now. With the internet giving access to the world, the possibilities are nearly endless. A store-front is no longer needed, unless you are dealing with a large quantity of product. And because it is in your home, thousands of dollars can be saved each year.

Every business will provide one of two different things to the potential customer. It will be either a product, or a service. But either one must have advertising in order for the customer to know about what you offer. Your work at home business opportunity will succeed or fail based on this one factor. This article will seek to provide some quick ideas about how to advertise your business by using the internet.

Google Adwords

This is probably one of your best promotional tools for every dollar that is spent. This will require some study in selecting the right keywords to use in the Google program. There is a cost per click - every time someone clicks on your ad, you pay a few cents, which is predetermined by you. Although effective, it will take a lot of watching to be able to get it right, and to keep it there.

Submit To Search Engines

Various websites will submit your website information, with your keywords, to multiple search engines. Some sites will submit your information to over 75 search engines - for free. For a rather small fee, this number can be multiplied many times. These will get the word out to the most popular engines, including Google and Yahoo. A number of search engines will take more than three weeks to list your site.

Create A Newsletter

This one will allow you to "get your list" of potential customers. Before you send out any illegal spam, however, it is important to get their approval for you to send them something. This is one way to be able to weekly email your customers - and in most cases, you can do it for free.

Write Free Articles

Write an article on your niche subject (the theme of your web page), and submit it to websites that distribute free web content. If written well, these will be picked up by other marketers and displayed on their site. Of course, you require that your name and website address must remain attached at the bottom. This is free advertising, and it is possible to be posted around the internet.

If you look around the internet, there are many other ways to get the word out about your business. Add some new ones regularly and see what gets the best results.

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How to market your web site

How to market your web site

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465

Summary:
For most good online marketers it took at least a year to get up and running to get successful. They had to budget their time and money well. Don't assume that putting a huge sum of cash into your business will bring you instant rewards. It is important to spend your time and money on several different approaches to see which ones generate the best hits. You need to remember to be persistent and spend your time and money wisely. When you fail to plan you plan to fail at your business. You want to find targeted visitors that are interested in what you have if you want to make sales.

Keywords:

 

Article Body:
For most good online marketers it took at least a year to get up and running to get successful. They had to budget their time and money well. Don't assume that putting a huge sum of cash into your business will bring you instant rewards. It is important to spend your time and money on several different approaches to see which ones generate the best hits. You need to remember to be persistent and spend your time and money wisely. When you fail to plan you plan to fail at your business. You want to find targeted visitors that are interested in what you have if you want to make sales.

1. Build Your List

Most online marketers send their offers to many targeted sources and prospects that they have generated. They do this regularly and have great success. It will allow you to build a lasting and trustful relationship with the list members. As the trust grows so will your money. There have been plenty of marketers who have made thousands just from sending an e-mail to their lists.

2. Pay Per Click search engines.

This type of search engine is the way to build high volume traffic immediately. Many hosts will be more than happy to set you up with this and you will be able to see how many people have been to your site. You will also end up paying less per month. You will also want to get Wordtracker to get as many targeted keywords as possible. The more targeted keywords you get the more traffic to your sites.

3. Article Submissions

You want to provide free and interesting articles related to what you are trying to sell to your audience. This will inform them on the benefits of what you are promoting and give it worth. Make sure your articles are truthful and not plagiarized.

4. Regular Search Engines

You will want to get started immediately to be able to build an online web presence. This will help to promote your site and gain you ranking which will move you to the top of the list. The higher on the list of ranking you are the more hits you will generate. You can link your self to a reciprocal linking campaign. This will give you the highest success in search engine rankings than anything else.
 
5. Forum Posting
 
A great way to target your market is to join a forum that is geared towards your audience. You can become friends and be helpful with all the people. This will let you gain trust. You want to be friends with your customers when marketing on the net. Visit and join high traffic forums daily and share your experiences with them and offer any advice as much as you can.
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Earn a respectable Extra Income

Earn a respectable Extra Income

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427

Summary:
Extra Income means an income that you can earn apart from the regular income coming in from employment or normal work. This earning can be used to payoff your outstanding debts or build up a capital account or spend it on luxuries that you could only think about before. Everyone seems to want a second income but no one wants to work a second job, so the extra income is normally seen as a windfall.

Keywords:
extra income, make money online, article directory, easy money, earn money, free website content

Article Body:

When we compare income levels in different countries, it is evident that the average income per person is less than $15,000 a year, in other words, where many people are near the breadline.

Extra Income really does make people happier and improves their lifestyle. But countries which have average income above the normal subsistence level of approximately $15,000 a year, happiness seems to be income independent. For example, an average American ranks richer than an average Indian or an Austrian, but also less happy.

Why does this happen? People always look at their income relatively with some norm or the other and the norm keeps rising all the time.  And this norm is what increases the spending, more or less in direct proportion to the income. Two things drive up the norm with which people compare their incomes. One is the income that they themselves have experienced -- which habituates them to higher standards of living. And the other is the income that their colleagues or neighbors get, and which they try to outdo.

The extra income options available today are targeted to generate employment and are targeted specifically at people who can use their skills that are lying dormant to make some more money for themselves. To achieve a moderate success in generating an extra income one should be aware of their strengths and weaknesses. This would greatly help in selection of a most suitable way to generate extra income.

The selection process consists of logical steps. Firstly one should ask themselves of an honest opinion of their strengths, what they excel at? What do people around them keep complimenting or criticizing them on?, are they perfectionists?, For example, if you are a  computer literate you could help your neighborhood in upgrades, repairs or installation of software.

The extra income can also be augmented by doing extra seasonal chores like raking leaves in the fall or clearing snow in winters. These are just a few ideas, but making an extra income augmented with self analysis will take away the need for a second job.

Today the internet and the general market have a lot of ideas for generating extra income. Network marketing in general market terms has been successful to some extent. Internet offers something similar that says affiliate marketing. The internet also offers a host of other options like writing, advertising and simple technical non-technical jobs which can highly augment your regular income. The extra income that can be earned form these opportunities depends on how good your skills in the field of your selection.
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A Manager's Challenge-Keeping Things Fresh and Exciting !

A Manager's Challenge-Keeping Things Fresh and Exciting !

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870

Summary:
A candid insight into this author's experiences when called upon to shake things up a bit and keep morale,production and loyalty up in his past businesses.

Keywords:
homebased business opportunity,home-based business opportunity,work from home,making money from home,home based business opportunity,home based opportunity,no selling,no prospecting,no advertising,no closing,no rejection,no commuting,get rich at home

Article Body:

I think back to my days as a manager in the POS/cash register roll and ribbon business (one division of many in a large direct sales organization) -a business that continually required motivation of the sales troops-and I sometimes reflect on the techniques we employed as managers of our various divisions.

If we were discussing handling a stable of professional athletes,I'd like to believe that -with most of them making salaries of $1-10 million a year- that no motivation would be required. Though, I harken back in recent times to a series filmed for HBO called "Arliss-life of the sports super-agent" and beefy contracts with generous signing bonuses were seldom enough. I recall one hilarious episode featuring a big-name basketball player who absolutely required add-ons like a 8-man hot tub for his new crib, a jewelry allowance for his bling,bling appetite and the use of the owner's corporate jet to fly his extended family around.

But in my case,it was a different animal when we are discussing young people-most in their early 20's- making a range of $200-$1000 a week back in the late 80's/early 90's. The name of the game was sales and grant it;we had a lot of fun,held mostly entertaining and informative morning meetings and afternoon pow-wows and threw a lot of contests and bonus money on the board. But even with all that going on,people get complacent and same-o,same-o becomes the same-o.

I was not your typical sales manager and I prided myself on drafting up creative ways to shake things up . While simultaneously providing some fun and excitement for my people I  stilll wanted to  create  a stronger sense of community. It was also a bigger challenge for me than my colleagues who ran the other 8 or 9 direct sales divisions as their people would get all rah-rah'd up in their lengthy morning meetings and then they would be turned loose on the streets,apartment complexes and office stacks for the rest of the day leaving the managers free to interview,shop,conjure up a contest idea,flirt with secretaries,etc.You get the idea. I,on the other hand, had my people with me all day as our platform was inside sales.So creativity to the "n" th degree was the call of the day often .

Here are just a few of the "ideas" that I came up with and actually executed. A few may seem off the wall but what the hey............at the time it seemed like a good idea. Yes,they got results. Good ones.

It was a flat period for our office come often in early February.Retail was down and consumers were busy paying off their late December shopping spree frenzies. Yet, the weather was unseasonally beautiful,clear and warm and was going to be so for a good week or more. I figured why not use block 'n tackles and take the desks and chairs right up through the skylights and place them on the roof where we had a magnificent view of the North Shore mountains along the coast of the Burrard Inlet behind the city of Vancouver.

The  staff loved it ,taking in that fine air whilst enjoying the sun in perfect  72 degree weather and sales actually boosted by close to 40%. Another time,I closed shop early as I felt we were banging our heads off the wall in the office during a heat wave so I chose an air-conditioned pool hall and we staged an all-afternoon tournament and went out for pizza after at a real,neat vintage parlor. They had a blast and came back the next day or few with a vengeance.

This was a good one. I had them all change caps for one (hot) day and go out on the streets with one member of the other divisions to give them a sense of perspective as to how good they had it. After all they received a guaranteed salary in our force and the others were all on pure commission. Wow, did that provide a wake up call and a very sweet result !

My piece de resistance and ,perhaps controversial, was taking them to a 100% nude beach with a great local history near the largest university grounds in all of Canada. In retrospect,I was probably the only one who took it all off ( there were 20 or so of us) as I was quite unabashed that way. I was actually the one conducting the meeting. Good thing I was in shape. Regardless of the preference of each of our team,they returned back to the office with a lot of energy and now knew to never know what to expect with me at the helm and that kept things interesting to say the least.

To conclude,different types of businesses may require a different scope in approach but the one common denominator is that we are all human regardless of the nature of our daily grind and our personalities. Keep things fresh and provocative and odds are you will see less turnstile swinging in your personnel complement and a turbo boost in production not to mention an overrall higher morale.

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Are You An Entrepreneur?

Are You An Entrepreneur?

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If you were to look up the word entrepreneur in the dictionary you would find that it means "a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, a business usually with considerable initiative and risk."  These days the term entrepreneur is used so much that it seems like everybody from stay at home moms, to the local tattoo artist, are claiming to be such.  The truth is that as fancy as this word maybe, anyone can be an entrepreneur.

        Entrepreneurs can be any shape,...

Keywords:
Entrepreneur,Make Money,Be Your Own Boss,Home-Based,Business Owner

Article Body:
If you were to look up the word entrepreneur in the dictionary you would find that it means "a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, a business usually with considerable initiative and risk."  These days the term entrepreneur is used so much that it seems like everybody from stay at home moms, to the local tattoo artist, are claiming to be such.  The truth is that as fancy as this word maybe, anyone can be an entrepreneur.

        Entrepreneurs can be any shape, size, age, race or religion.  What makes an entrepreneur an entrepreneur is commitment, the willingness to lead and the passion to succeed.  There are certain characteristics that many of the world's most successful entrepreneurs share.  Listed below are a few traits that can help you determine if you truly are an entrepreneur.

Great Focus - True entrepreneurs have great focus.  These are individuals that once they have a goal set, no one or nothing can stop them from accomplishing that goal.

Creative - Most entrepreneurs have a seemingly effortless way of being creative.  Thinking outside the box;  that characteristic alone creates a greater earning potential for their business.

Good With Money -  Being able to keep track and manage money wisely is another well-known characteristic of an entrepreneur.  Knowing where every dollar and cent is and where they are going is very important to entrepreneurs.

Decision Maker - One who can make big decisions on their own without worrying about others opinions.  Being able to stand behind their decision without any doubt whatsoever.

The Ability To Lead - Most entrepreneurs put themselves in the position of being the boss.  This may mean that this person has employees under him/her.  In this instance, the individual must be able to lead and give direction to others in a clear and productive manner.

Always Learning - True entrepreneurs never stop learning.  They are always eager to discover new, more efficient ways to make their business more successful.  Learning is a desire, not a necessity for these people.

Fearless - Having no fear is definitely a characteristic of a entrepreneur.  Not fearing critics, competitors, consumers and most of all, not fearing failure. Not fearing these things is automatic for any real entrepreneur.

The list above will help you determine if you are indeed an entrepreneur.  If you are not an entrepreneur, but aspire to be one you will need to develop most if not all of these traits.  If you take the time to embrace and practice these traits; you will be well on your way to becoming a successful entrepreneur!

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The Importance of Article Submission

The Importance of Article Submission
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Many website owners find the task of creating a website and then promoting that website a daunting prospect. This is especially true for anyone who is creating their own website for the first time. Although they may have great knowledge about their website niche, this is not enough when it comes to generating traffic to the site to get the information read.

Keywords:
writing articles,article marketing,article promotion,submitting articles

Article Body:
Many website owners find the task of creating a website and then promoting that website a daunting prospect. This is especially true for anyone who is creating their own website for the first time. Although they may have great knowledge about their website niche, this is not enough when it comes to generating traffic to the site to get the information read. Unless a website owner is creating a site on an obscure topic, the likelihood is that there will be millions (or sometimes billions!) of websites to compete against for search engine traffic. This means that the site needs to generate the all important backlinks that play a significant part in many of the top search engines algorithms for high search engine placement. This is where writing and submitting articles to article directories can be very rewarding, but this is not the only benefit that article writing possesses:
- Aswell as the backlinks that are provided to a website, an article also provides an opportunity for an author to display their expertise in a particular field. The hope is that readers would then be encouraged to find more of your articles and to visit your website for further information that would be of interest to them.
- In all probability the visitor to the article directory who has decided that an article is of interest to them is reading the article because the article topic interests them. This means that any visitor that chooses to then visit a website in the resource box can be described as a highly-targeted visitor. It's one thing getting a visitor to a site, it's another getting a targeted visitor - they are already interested in the topic your website represents!
The level of success that one can achieve from article submission is largely dependant on the article quality and the value of the information it contains for the reader. The article topic will also determine the success and readership of that particular article. For example, it is likely that there is a greater audience for marketing related topics than there is for a niche like coin collecting. This is certainly not to say that an author cannot reap great benefits by submitting such an article. In fact it could be argued that an article written about a topic such as coin collecting has less competition within the article directory sites, allowing the possibility for a potential targeted reader to find it easily.
Article writing and submission holds benefits for all authors, no matter the topic of the article. Concentrating on the quality of an article and how informative it is for a prospective reader is important, but sitting down and actually giving article writing a go is essential for all webmasters in order to drive targeted traffic to a website.
Article submission should not be underestimated - it is one of the best promotional tools a website owner possesses.

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Free Web Directory Article Submission Link Popularity

Free Web Directory Article Submission Link Popularity

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We have heard of such a phrase where 'content is king'. This applies to online marketing. The reasoning is that by offering useful information to the web community, google will rank it higher. Having lots of relevant content will in essence propel your website ranking and this will drive more visitors to your site.  
I agree that having plenty of relevant content is crucial to drive visitors into a web site. However, to succeed in online marketing, we need the four 'P' and not just one P. Content is the product aspect of the four P. Let's picture this. You have added relevant contents to your site and you don't do anything else other than continually adding content.
That will work. Google spider will eventually visit you site and rank it higher if your content is relevant. But it won't work as well as having the other three P's in your marketing campaign. For example, instead of posting the content on your website alone, you can think of submitting to various article directories available. There are about hundreds of directories of this nature. This is the 'place' or distribution aspect of the four P's. Instead of one source, your potential customers can then find your content through hundreds of distribution channel around the web. When you are starting up, you have low visitor counts. Using this distribution method, you can attract up to hundreds times more visitors than if you had just posted your content on your site.  
The best thing is that these article directories are free. All you need is your time. You can also pay a small fee to organization that will help you submit one article to hundreds of article directories. There are also article directories that specializes on certain field, which I prefer. Your visitor counts will be lower if you submit to these niche directories. However, these are a very interested visitors, rather than just casually-browsing visitors. Furthermore, general directories are having a lot more subcategories than niche directories and visitors will have a harder time finding your content.   
My suggestion is to prioritize. There are hundreds of article directories, both general and niches. Your priority should be to submit to niche categories first and then to general article submissions when time permits. This way, you will get more interested visitors to start with. Once they are on you site, you will have an easier time selling your products or services.

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Business Intelligence guide

Business Intelligence guide

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510

Summary:
Business intelligence can be defined as a set of business processes designed to garner and analyze business information. It is a vast category of application of programs that includes providing access to data to help an entrepreneur in his business decisions.

Keywords:
Business Intelligence, CRM

Article Body:
Business intelligence can be defined as a set of business processes designed to garner and analyze business information. It is a vast category of application of programs that includes providing access to data to help an entrepreneur in his business decisions, task of query and reporting, online analytical processing (OLAP), statistical analysis, forecasting and data mining.

Big and small companies collect information to assess the business environment i.e. to acquire a sustainable competitive advantage in the business environment and also cover the areas of marketing research, industry research and competitive analysis. Every business intelligence system has a particular purpose (be it short term or a long term purpose) based on a vision statement or organizational goal.

Business intelligence involves different strategies. The BI task can be handled with the aid of application software. Application software is broadly categorized under class of computer software that enables a computer to function in accordance with what the user desires. The application software is different from the system software that integrates different capabilities of the computer but these are not directly applied to the benefit of the user. The application software is designed to help people be prudent in taking decisions by imparting them accurate, current and requisite information. This is precisely the reason that business intelligence is also referred to as 'decision-support system' or DSS.

While framing and implementing a business intelligence program there are several crucial points to be borne in mind.

a) The goal or the purpose of the program, in simple terms the goal of the organization that the program will address should be considered. There should be a rough idea of how can the program will lead to better results.

b) Secondly the expense of adopting a new business intelligence program should be estimated. Along with this the risk involved in the business intelligence program should also be calculated and so planning should be done accordingly.

c) A person should also know that who all will be direct and indirect beneficiaries and who will pay for the initiative. Also see what will be the quantitative and qualitative benefits and about employees, shareholders, distribution channels etc.

d) The information so gathered must be tracked into well-defined metrics. A person should be sure of the kind of metrics adopted, its standardization and its performance.

e) A person should establish a procedure to reach the ideal way of measuring the requisite metrics. In this you must also acknowledge what methods to be adopted and the pace at which the organization will collect the data. Make sure that you know about existing industry standards if any and the best way to do the measurements.

f) The business intelligence program should be carefully governed to ensure completion of the desired targets. You may have to make several adjustments or modifications in the program from time to time. The business intelligence program should also be tested for accuracy, reliability and validity. One should also know that how the business intelligence initiative entails a variation in results and how much change was a chance product.

 

Affiliate Storm Brewing Reveals The Secret Of Cashing In On Product Launches

Affiliate Storm Brewing Reveals The Secret Of Cashing In On Product Launches

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Summary:
There's an Affiliate Storm Brewing that has both experienced and new affiliate marketing enthusiasts dancing in the rain.

Each day, a mountain of cash is paid to Internet marketers through affiliate programs. With so many in the affiliate game, learning new tactics to edge out the competition is key.

Written like a "top secret" military recruiting manual, Operation Affiliate Storm (OAS) reveals the "weapons of mass conversion" by using the power of pre-launched products...

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Article Body:
There's an Affiliate Storm Brewing that has both experienced and new affiliate marketing enthusiasts dancing in the rain.

Each day, a mountain of cash is paid to Internet marketers through affiliate programs. With so many in the affiliate game, learning new tactics to edge out the competition is key.

Written like a "top secret" military recruiting manual, Operation Affiliate Storm (OAS) reveals the "weapons of mass conversion" by using the power of pre-launched products.

While the sales page is not for the weak . . . using terms like "affiliate noob" and "brass bollocks" . . . it is entertaining. If you can overcome any offense to it's style, what you learn will have you ready to storm "Affiliate Beach" with the awesome power to "dominate your enemy" (other affiliate marketers).

OAS creator, "Major Profittz," is so convinced that you will not be disappointed, he's offering a ten-times, money-back guarantee. I myself have not only purchased this product, but have eagerly enlisted in this affiliate operation.

Offering a step-by-step guide, OAS shows how to take advantage of early profits by getting in on the ground floor – right as the product is launched – and capitalize on the rush of sales that occur in the first few weeks.

While seasoned affiliate marketers have been using this method for years, it has remained a closely guarded secret not to be shared with us "affiliate noobs." But now the secret is out, we also have the opportunity to "plant our flag on a pile of cash."

OAS is by no means a beginner's affiliate marketing manual; nor is it for the average marketer . . . it's for those who are serious about their business. It's about having a plan . . . a success strategy that works and can be repeated over and over again yielding consistent results.

Nor is it a "get rich quick" manual either. The methods are both proven and sound, however, they will take work and commitment to see positive results. By working through and following the step-by-step instructions of OAS, you will learn a wealth of information and know more than the average affiliate marketer.

Successful tactics such as product research and identification, creating review pages, writing articles, and creating your own You Tube video, are just a few of the methods you can learn and implement throughout the course.

Once you are up to speed and in the groove with how it all works, OAS gives you a six day plan to help you say focused. Staying focused is the key to success. Sure, there will be times that you feel both overwhelmed and out of control. So what? Welcome to the club. Your 'average Joe" was not meant for greatness and neither are you. Are you ready to up your game?

When it comes right down to it, it's all about working smarter – not harder.

Affiliate Storm Brewing offers a free report by OAS that provides an overview of the five-step, pre-launch sequence, and the four best ways to find the highest quality product launches that will yield the affiliate (you and me) the most cash.

 

Accepting Or Denying New Friend Requests

Accepting Or Denying New Friend Requests

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Since one of the great benefits of having a MySpace account is making friends, it is important to know how to accept or deny an add new friend request. There are factors to consider in making a decision whether to accept or reject a possible friend. The next section will talk about some of these factors, and also on how to accept or reject a new possible friend.

You must be logged into your own MySpace account first in order to check for new add requests.
You need to deci...

Keywords:
myspace markeing and social networking

Article Body:
Since one of the great benefits of having a MySpace account is making friends, it is important to know how to accept or deny an add new friend request. There are factors to consider in making a decision whether to accept or reject a possible friend. The next section will talk about some of these factors, and also on how to accept or reject a new possible friend.

You must be logged into your own MySpace account first in order to check for new add requests.
You need to decide to receive email notice when you got a new friend requests, it's a smart feature. You still need to be logged into your Myspace account to accept or reject the request. Enter the page by:

• clicking the "Home" link of your profile
• type myspace into your web browser, and then click log in.

Check for a new friend requests the moment your into your MySpace account.

From your homepage, about half way down on the left side of the page, you will find a box with a mark "My Mail". Here you will find links to guide you to execute four tasks.
Tasks include:

• viewing your inbox
• viewing your sent mail
• posting a bulletin
• viewing your friend requests

When you enter "Friend Request", you can check for any new add requests and also add request with pending approval. The moment you enter, you will to find a request from another MySpace member to be your friend. You may also view pending request you made from this page.

On the "Friend Request" page, at the left side of the menu you will find a link that says "Pending Request". Entering here and you will see friends request you created and are still pending for approval.

Check the MySpace profile of a new friend request before accepting. This will help you in making judgment. These include:

• allowing you to compare likes and dislikes
• allowing you to see if you know the person from your real life
• allowing you to see that this request isn't really Spam

It's better to check who you are accepting as MySpace friends.

 

Amazing Ways To Sell Your Slow-moving Products

Amazing Ways To Sell Your Slow-moving Products

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1. You could giveaway the product for free from your web site. Just because it won't sell doesn't mean people won't visit your web site to get it for free. Give it away with a minimum purchase order.

2. Try auctioning off the product at an online auction like Ebay. You may make part of your investment back. If you're lucky, you may even make a profit because people sometimes get into bidding wars and will bid a higher price than the product is worth.

3.  Tie the product...

Keywords:
make money, more money, edc, edc gold, mlm, not mlm, home business, internet business, at home moms

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1. You could giveaway the product for free from your web site. Just because it won't sell doesn't mean people won't visit your web site to get it for free. Give it away with a minimum purchase order.

2. Try auctioning off the product at an online auction like Ebay. You may make part of your investment back. If you're lucky, you may even make a profit because people sometimes get into bidding wars and will bid a higher price than the product is worth.

3.  Tie the product in as a free bonus for one of the more popualar products you sell. This will increase the perceived value of the
product you're selling. People will feel they're receiving more for less.

4. Contact businesses with the same target market and see if they would be interested in using your product as a free bonus for their product. You could place your ad on the product and get free advertising.

5. Sell your product to businesses at wholesale cost as a promotional product. Businesses are always looking for products they can giveaway to their customers with their advertising on the product. You could make part of your investment back.

6. You could create an online contest so people could win your product. This will attract traffic to your web site. You also could get free advertising by listing it on online contest directories.

7. Ask businesses with the same target audience if they would be interested in combining your product with their product. You could then sell them together as a package deal and split the profits. You may have better results selling your product this way.

8.  If you are a internet-only business, see if one of the local smaller shops in your area would like to display your product.  Use one or more of the above strategies to get them to retail your product.

9. Offer a future discount.  Instead of giving away the product, offer a future discount on other products if they purchase your slow-moving product.

10. Offer a free service.  If you owned a beauty shop, offer a free haircut or a style if they buy this product.  Tie it in with another product so the consumer doesn't see that you are trying to get rid of that product.

11. Offer a quantity discount when they purchase more than one of that item. You can increase the discount by how many products they order. If they order 3 it's a 10% discount, if they order 5 it's a 20% discount.

12. When you're selling a product you could offer similar products in a package deal. Tell the people the other products are cheaper with the
package deal versus purchasing them separately.

 

Aspects To Help Increase Your Website Traffic

Aspects To Help Increase Your Website Traffic

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Summary:
How do you generate higher website traffic is a question that is asked by hundreds of thousands of internet marketers around the world. Here are 5 ways that will help you generate more traffic without having to pay for any internet marketing.

Worthy content

The first thing you want to consider is if your content is worth the time for millions of people to read. Make sure that the content you present is clear and precise. Having content that is new and presents fresh ide...

Keywords:
website traffic

Article Body:
How do you generate higher website traffic is a question that is asked by hundreds of thousands of internet marketers around the world. Here are 5 ways that will help you generate more traffic without having to pay for any internet marketing.

Worthy content

The first thing you want to consider is if your content is worth the time for millions of people to read. Make sure that the content you present is clear and precise. Having content that is new and presents fresh ideas is far better than any internet marketing strategies. You want to give readers information they have not seen before and change the way they view things.

Original content

A majority of the content on the web is the same from website to website. If you truly want to set yourself apart from others and generate higher website traffic, give the readers something they haven't read before. Presenting fresh content to the public is guaranteed to get them coming back. Once they read one post of yours that is new and intriguing, they will be more inclined to come back to see what you have to say the next week.

Treat visitors as human beings

Remember that your content is being read by real human beings. Developing a personal relationship means that you genuinely want to help every one of your readers and watch them succeed. Website marketing and other strategies to increase website traffic tend to be based towards computer numbers. If you can look past the fact that you're writing and posting on a computer and see that you are changing and affecting the lives of millions around the world, this will set you apart from others.

Link Exchange

Link exchange is one of the most effective internet marketing strategies to generate more website traffic. This consists of you joining a link exchange program and surfing other peoples sites. As you arrange to exchange links with other companies, usually ones that are pursuing the same target audience, you can get your link posted on other peoples' websites. This will get your website link on the web more, thus enhancing the chances of people seeing your link and clicking on it.

E-mail and signatures

Using the e-mail is a great way to generate higher website traffic in a couple different ways. Sending out e-mail newsletters to your targeted customers is very effective. Be short but concise when sending this out so that readers are not bombarded with information but get the gist of it. At the bottom of every e-mail you send, set up a signature file. This feature allows you to type in a brief message and statement to add to the bottom of every e-mail message.

There are hundreds of methods you can use to generate higher website traffic. In the end, having a personal contact with readers and making them worthwhile will help build a relationship and in turn drive your traffic up.

 

Writing Tips : How to Write a Good Lead Paragraph

Writing Tips : How to Write a Good Lead Paragraph

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Binaural Beats - What They Are, How They Work & What They Can Do For You

Binaural Beats - What They Are, How They Work & What They Can Do For You

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Summary:
A guide to binaural beats. Find out what they are and how to use them to create enjoyable altered states of consciousness or to create permanent dramtic life-changes!

Keywords:
binaural beats, holosync, monroe institute, meditation, altered states, yoga, hypnosis, self improvement, self help, trance, personal development, anxiety, stress

Article Body:
Binaural bests were first discovered in 1839 by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. However, Dove didn't realise the full potential of this technology, he merely observed that it occurred. It was another 134 years before Gerald Oster penned an article called "Auditory Beats in the Brain" which was published in Scientific American in 1973.

It was proposed that a binaural beat occurs in the brain if you apply slightly different frequency sine waves independently but simultaneously to each ear. This beat affect is created by the brain itself and is largely due to the structure of the brain's internal wiring.

These binaural beats are auditory brainstem responses, originating in the superior olivary nucleus of each hemisphere of the brain due to the interaction of the two different impulses.

The frequency of the two tones is between one and 30 Hz. Lets take the example that the difference between the two tones is 10 Hz. This 10 Hz difference is experienced within the superior olivary nuclei as a beat . The brain has a tendency, through the frequency following response, to resonate at the same frequency as the auditory stimuli being presented. In our example this would be 10 Hz, which is that frequency of the Alpha state. If we offer a binaural frequency of 5 Hz, the brain will begin to resonate with that and produce Theta brainwaves. If we present a binaural beat of 3 Hz, Delta brainwaves are detected. Alpha, Theta and Delta brainwaves are connected to altered states of consciousness that can be used to reprogram the subconscious mind, eliminate negative thought schemas and release emotional connection to memories.

In layman's terms all this means is that you can relax, put on some stereo headphones and let your mind synchronize with the binaural beat frequency to create real measurable changes in your mind and body.

There are immediate benefits of using these beats such as the creation of relaxed states, aided sleep or even energy boosts. However, this is not the limit of binaural beat technology. It is also possible to produce very unusual states of consciousness like lucid dreaming, creativity, out-of-body experiences, and transcendental meditation, to name but a few. However, there are also very real permanent benefits from using binaural beat technology. This technology has been used to create some very dramatic life changes.

The Monroe Institute have over forty years experience changing effects on states of consciousness with the use of binaural beats in their audio sound patterns, called Hemi-Sync. Centerpointe have conducted a lot of research into the use of binaural beats also. They created a program called Holosync which concentrates more on self improvement and achieving a higher level of conscious interaction, by creating desirable emotional, physical and environmental changes through a reduction in your anxiety threshold. They use their technology to reprogram your brain, remove old emotional thinking and negative emotional connection to long buried memories. You can even create your own affirmations later in their course to reprogram your beliefs.

These technologies can be expensive but the overall benefits of there use are immeasurable. However, there are cheap alternatives to both the above mentioned. Binaural beats in audio technology now come in affordable one CD sets. These can be used to instantly create a variety of different states such as sleep, meditation, creativity, lucid dreaming etc. You can also get your hands on software to create your own binaural beats but I believe, when dealing with brain entrainment, this should be left to those with more experience. The technology is fascinating and it works but you really won't know that until you try it yourself.

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Take the Walking on Eggshells Quiz

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707

Summary:
Walking on eggshells does serious and last harm to your sense of self. But there is hope.

Keywords:
Anger, resentment, emotional abuse, marriage, relationships

Article Body:
It's not breaking the eggs that does the lasting harm; it's the continual walking eggshells. Emotional damage has a way of lingering in the times between resentful, angry, or abusive flare-ups. The empty, dull ache of unhappiness is most accurately measured in the accumulative effect of these small moments of disconnection, isolation, and dread.

The following quiz reveals what it feels like to walk on eggshells day after day. Read it aloud – the objectivity in hearing your own voice say the words – especially your answers – is the first step toward healing.

Walking on Eggshells Quiz
Please put a check mark next to your answer.

I am anxious, nervous, or worried about my partner's:

If you live with a resentful, angry, or abusive partner, you probably have a vague feeling, at least now and then, that you have lost yourself. In your constant efforts to tiptoe around someone else's moods in the hope of avoiding blow-ups, put-downs, criticism, sighs of disapproval, or cold shoulders, you constantly edit what you say. You second-guess your own judgment, your own ideas, and your own preferences about how to live. You begin to question what you think is right and wrong. Ultimately, your perceptions of reality and your very sense of self change for the worse.

The cold fact is that it's hard not to lose yourself in the morass of what you should say or what you need to do (to keep things peaceful) and how you're supposed to be at any given moment. If you have to be one thing one minute and behave a different way in another (depending on your partner's moods), your confidence and sense of self can seem to disappear. You begin to feel that you cannot reclaim yourself or begin to feel better until he changes and starts treating you better.

The understandable but tragic expectation that you are dependent on him for your emotional well being is the first thing you must change. You must heal and grow, whether or not he changes. Although our inborn sense of fairness and justice tells you that he ought to be the one to make changes, your pain tells you that you need to become the fully alive person you are meant to be. This means that you have to remove the focus from him and put it squarely on you. Happily, that is also the best thing you can do the help him and your relationship. This book will help you reclaim your true sense of self. That is its primary goal. But it will also help change your relationship.