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Keyword research is more of an art than a science. Finding keyword phrases is one of the fundamental components of search engine optimization, but yet it is one of the the least talked about optimization techniques. If you are not doing effective keywords research, your SEO efforts will go astray.  More...
I recently read a press release at Yahoo! Finance, Form 8-K for YTB INTERNATIONAL, INC. (YTBLA.OB) that I found pretty disturbing.  More...
I was convinced that MySpace was only for attention starved teenagers with too much time on their hands, and because I was a Serious Entrepreneur, I gladly continued to spend my hard-earned dollars on Google Adwords and didn’t even consider digging into all that ’social media stuff’. Especially not MySpace.  More...
If you are new to MLM Attraction Marketing, you have probably wondered about the following question. This is a question I’m asked almost on a weekly basis by people recently introduced to MLM Attraction Marketing and online marketing for their network marketing business:  More...
I recently added the TwitterBar as an Add-on to my Firefox browser and love it! I posted from my address bar and sent my Twit on over (which is also linked into my FaceBook account). So someone emailed me from Facebook asking what it was and where to get it.  More...
You don’t need whiners and complainers when you’re building your team. If you want your business to truly flourish, you’ve got to focus on building a strong team of leaders.  More...
Michael draws out five leadership lessons and brings attention to a particularly interesting point with this one: "All of us would do well to reflect on how receptive we are to the suggestions and opinions of others and alternate points of view. Leaders need to question their willingness to hear certain voices and not others. They need to make a  More...
The reason meetings are such a continual waste of time and energy is simple: pervasive distrust. And there's also a simple way to prove to your people who much you trust them.  More...
Steve Roesler offers five practical tips for finding out how you’re doin’. My favorite is number four: “Your best relationships are with people who say ‘no’ to you. This isn’t about someone refusing to give you feedback. It’s about the paradoxical dynamic that surrounds difficult news. It takes a high level of trust to say ‘no’ to someone. As a re  More...
I can’t resist another reference to the Trust Equation as a way of introducing Cordell Parvin’s Choose Words Carefully. Looking at the components of the Trust Equation (Credibility + Reliability + Intimacy) / Self-Orientation), trust is built largely through words. What about actions, you say? Absolutely! That’s how Reliability is created – when a  More...
Bruce Rasmussen’s engaging personal tale combines forthrightness and whimsy, beginning with a marketer’s definition of trust (which he claims to paraphrase): "A can trust B if B has the opportunity to rip A off - and chooses not to do so." Embedded in a story about muffins are some pretty provocative questions that Bruce asks about our own or  More...
Sex, religion, and politics are widely taught as the three topics to avoid in any relationship. Paul McCord, who writes the Sales and Management Blog, begs to differ – at least on the political front. Paul invites an engaging discussion on the downsides of avoiding discussions of politics with sales prospects. Referring to the upcoming U.S. presid  More...
China may still have a Communist political system, but its economy is transitioning to capitalism. It has a growing middle class hungry to buy Western goods. Enterprising U.S. companies are investigating and some are capitalizing on the opportunities China presents. Just don’t forget to do your homework before you expand.  More...
The US is the global leader in mobile internet adoption, with 40 million US mobile subscribers (15.6%) actively using the mobile internet, according to a white paper released by The Nielsen Company. In 16 countries tracked, the US leads in penetration, followed by the UK (12.9%) and Italy (11.9%). Advertising is becoming a common part of th  More...
How to justify steep prices and set your company apart from the competition. From the article: “Selling Value” consists of adding intangibles that convince the customer to pay a higher price than if those intangibles were absent. It does not consist of adding tangibles (i.e. things that cost your company something) to make a deal more attractiv  More...