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Choosing a free web template for your online business site

I left off the Designing your online website for $0.00 series to write on a few other things but now I’m back to it. As usual I’ll try to tackle the challenges one at a time.
In this post I’m going to discuss how to select a free web site template . There are probably thousands [...]

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Optimizing your web headlines

Nugget:
“Hold their attention, whatever the cost”
James has put up his new online business site. He’s gone through the pain of setting up a google analytics account and is looking forward to seeing a high number of visitors. He is overjoyed when his dreams begin to come through and his stats show that he is getting [...]

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Avoiding common pitfalls - Web traffic nuggets #1

I came across this very interesting post by Lauren Hobsen. I found it really interesting because I realized most people, especially people running small businesses tend to make certain mistakes, killing their much needed web traffic.
The amazing thing about the internet that a lot of people fail to realize is simply that it plays out [...]

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Defining your web traffic strategy

Nugget:
“The more the merrier”
Web traffic, Web Traffic, WEB TRAFFIC !!!
So whats all the hype about? How come everyone seems to be talking about it. Whats this whole cat and mouse game about ? How come everyone’s an expert and seems to have some wonderful way to get everyone scrambling for your pages? Is there really [...]

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Choosing a domain name #5 - Using appendages to distinguish your domain name?

Nugget :
” That little extra can make a lot of difference ”
If you discover that your preferred domain name you can try this tip. By adding an ‘i’, ‘e’ or ‘v’ you may be able to come up with an avialable version.
In the last few years these alphabets give your business the added advantage of [...]

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Designing an online business site for $0.00

Once you’ve picked up your domain name then the next step is to put up the actual web site. Usually there are all the offers by proffessional web designers and graphics people to help you do this fo a fee. If you can afford it then go for it, the next series of posts will [...]

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Getting connected to technorati

Technorati Profile

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Choosing a domain name #4 - Can I use numbers in my domain name?

Nugget :
” Avoid Confusion ”
Sometimes adding a number to your domain name may seem like all you need to do to solve the avialability dilemma. But using numbers in a domain name presents its own problems.
Irrespective of how your visitors came across your site most peolpe simply store names in their ‘audio’ form. So that [...]

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Choosing a domain name #3 - How long should my domain name be?

Nugget :
” They’ll need to remember it to come back ”
There are many perspectives to determining the ideal length for your domain name. A lot of them relying on very diverse techniques, some also delving into the study of human behaviour.
I choose to look at it from a simple point of view. As far as [...]

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Choosing a domain name #2 - .com , .org or .biz

Nugget :
” Go with the crowd “
This nugget is one rule that everyone doing online business has probably had to learn. They either learnt by burning their fingers or by listening to others who got their’s burnt.
As far as naming your domain is concerned, stick to the .com’s as much as possible. I’m not going [...]

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