A Small Business Blog and Small Business Tips Related to Growing, Marketing and Managing a Small Business.Small business blog for small business owners, includes resources for businesses, small business grants, business plans, business letters, daily business tips, online marketing advice and information. Learn ideas for your small business.How To Avoid Google Filters- April 28, 2008 Avoiding Googles sandbox can be a challenge for even the most experienced webmasters. Considering the volume of traffic and number of searches conducted each day in the search giant, appearing in the top search results for critical keywords and phrases can make or break an online business. Take care to avoid Googles sandbox, so your business can benefit from Googles traffic. How to Avoid Googles Filtershttp://www.small-business-software.net/#584 Sponsor Events an Interesting Opportunity- April 24, 2008 Sponsoring events is an interesting advertising opportunity for small businesses struggling to get attention. Inc recently did a piece that highlights the benefits small businesses encounter from sponsoring events. read Blessed Events Sponsorship opportunities cover the gamut, everything from Golf Fund Raisers or Software Conferences.http://www.small-business-software.net/#583 Choose A Domain- April 21, 2008 Choosing a domain is one of the first steps in establishing an online presence. Changing a domain after-the-fact can be time consuming, and can be harmful to search engine ranking, so it is best to get it right the first time around. Follow these simple steps to select a domain name that will represent your online brand... Choose a Domainhttp://www.small-business-software.net/#582 There is No Such Thing as Free Software- April 15, 2008 This is an interesting article entitled There is No Such Thing as Free Software: Software is always acquired at some cost, even if you dont pay a penny to the people that write it. In fact, for most downloadable software available to a general audience, the license fee is only a small part of the price you pay for using the software. First, theres the time you spend getting the product to run and learning how to use it. Here is another one When Something Is Free: There is value to...http://www.small-business-software.net/#581 Value Ad - Made for AdSense Websites- April 14, 2008 Who wants to make money from AdSense Or a better question: who does not want to make money from AdSense Value Ad - Made for AdSense Websiteshttp://www.small-business-software.net/#580 Blog Posts that Get Attention- April 8, 2008 Blogs are now a dime a dozen, and bloggers need to make their blog posts stand out. Developing a blog following is not as easy as it once was. Learn how to write blog posts that attract readers and retain their attention. Follow these guidelines to cultivate readers... Blog Posts that Get Attentionhttp://www.small-business-software.net/#579 Google Scholar- April 5, 2008 Google Scholar is a new beta search tool from Google that provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.http://www.small-business-software.net/#578 Perform Better Web Searches- April 4, 2008 Performing and perfecting search engine results can save web surfers lots of time and energy. Understanding the nuances of searching allows researchers to immediately drill down and locate the information they are seeking, without having to wade through a myriad of irrelevant search results in the process. The increasing complexity of search engines has made understanding search engines a necessity for those who spend any amount of time online. The following search tips are standards that will..http://www.small-business-software.net/#577 Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties- April 3, 2008 Representatives from the major search engines have all made it clear that they prefer search engines that contain unique content. Webmasters who want to avoid any current or future bans will do well to follow these simple guidelines in order to avoid duplicate content penalties: Avoid Duplicate Content Penaltieshttp://www.small-business-software.net/#576 Google Data Sharing- April 2, 2008 Shareware Promotions has posted a very important and revealing post about Google and how they want to use Google Analytics data and Adwords! Anyone with half a brain should have seen this coming. In fact I wrote a piece about this awhile back, here is an excerpt: Google Analytics is free, no one can beat the price, but what is the real cost The cost is your data. While not terribly important when analyzed alone, when aggregated with other information Google has access to, it...http://www.small-business-software.net/#575 |