Free teleclass: Crafting your online marketing strategy into an easy-to-delegate system!

August 2, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

Announcing our next free teleclass on Tuesday, August 10th at 3pm Eastern
If you’re like many solo business owners, you’ve probably dipped your toe into the world of online marketing & social media. As you may have found, though, if you don’t have a strategic plan for social media, it can be time-consuming, and not always [...]

A spring cleaning challenge for your marketing – part 1

April 30, 2010 by Rebecca · 1 Comment 

This past weekend, I got super excited when I happened to find the absolutely perfect kitchen “island cart” at one of my favorite stores. My kitchen is on the smaller side, and we don’t have a ton of cabinet space, so I’ve been looking for “just the right” piece of furniture for my kitchen for [...]

Just for fun! Internet Marketing Basics

April 19, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

Blogs In Plain English

Web Search Strategies in Plain English

RSS In Plain English

What is a Browser?

Permalinks – Getting them right can get you more traffic

April 8, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

Today’s tip is on Permalinks – Getting them right can get you more traffic. Now, what are permlinks, you might ask?
Permalinks are the way Wordpress displays the url for your posts and pages.
Here are some examples of different formats that Wordpress offers:
Default – http://marketinggeeksinc.com/?p=123
Day & Name – http://marketinggeeksinc.com/2010/01/10/sample-post/
Numeric – http://marketinggeeksinc.com/archives/123
Or, you can use a Custom structure [...]

4 Easy Ways to Integrate List Building Into Your Current Online Marketing

4 Easy Ways to Integrate List Building Into Your Current Online Marketing

April 1, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

If you’ve spent much time marketing anything online, you’ve probably heard the mantra “The money is in the list”. And that’s usually true, especially if you’re consciously building a list of targeted subscribers – people who want and need the types of services or products you provide.
One thing clients often say is “How can I [...]

GetSocial for more social media sharing

March 16, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

Now, we’ve already added social bookmarking links to your posts in Step 4, but today we’re gong to add in another plugin, GetSocial which will utilize a few other social media sharing methods.
The GetSocial plugin does the job of 3 plugins I used to use -

adds the TweetMeMe retweet button (which encourages people to retweet [...]

Wordpress Privacy – Don’t Shoot Yourself In the Foot!

March 14, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

Today’s tip is going to be super-simple to implement, if it’s even necessary for your site. But it’s one of those really simple, but REALLY important things that if done wrong, can have major consequences on your search engine traffic (or lack-thereof).
You may not know it, but in Wordpress, you can actually tell the search [...]

Deepen connections by greeting visitors by the site they came from!

March 10, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

Have you ever wished you could create a personalized message for readers that came from a certain site? For example, if a reader clicked through from Facebook, would you really like to suggest that they check out your fan page? Now you can! WP Greet Box is a Wordpress plugin that can identify the site a new [...]

Ready to ramp up those Resolutions again? Check out the Post Resolution Hangover Remedy

January 26, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

It’s a one-of-a-kind event … yet couldn’t be more timely!
Whether you admit it or not, the word resolution goes hand in hand with the start of a new year.  Whether you make your resolutions in the form of business goals and priorities, or actual resolutions …. By mid to late January, you’re likely tired of [...]

How to add snazzy social media icons to your site

How to add snazzy social media icons to your site

January 11, 2010 by Rebecca · Leave a Comment 

Do you have your social media profiles on your website? Hopefully so, because just like offering a freebie or free-taste on your website, it’s a great way to encourage readers to connect with you in a casual, non-salesy way. This lets them get to know you and your expertise without any pressure to immediately become [...]

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