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Category Archives: Better Business

Why Having a Business Blog is Important

A business blog is a must for every business; whether you have a website for your business, your business is a brick and mortar only or if your business is only on the Internet. If you are in any type of business at all, you need a business blog. Blogging has become the way to…

WordPress as a Business Tool

Many people who are new to website designing for their business, think that they need an expensive web designer, or program like Dreamweaver to create a fashionable, functional, and full-featured website, but this is not true. WordPress often thought of as a blogging platform is really an open source software platform that enables you to…

5 ways to develop your online brand

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Think about the people and companies you buy from. You buy from people and companies you like. You buy from people and companies that represent credibility and authority. You buy from people and companies who have created a strong image in your mind. Your customers buy for the same reasons. They buy from companies that…

7 Key Elements of Any Landing Page

Your landing page is important. Quite often it’s the page that most visitors come to first. It’s the page you may generate links to. It may also be the page that the search engines pay the most attention to. Therefore, it makes sense to make sure your landing page is as well designed as it…

Toolkit Tip: Screenr

Recently, I started using this service for my new service that I’ll be ramping up and launching later this summer and I love it!  It’s free, quick and easy to use.  If you are someone that wants to be able to share short screen share videos (under 5 minutes) Screenr is a service that works…

Tool Tip: Dropbox

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Solo Pros Toolkit

This awesome tool is something I use every day, I use it with clients and use it with colleagues and I use it with my family.  Dropbox is a collaboration tool that makes it simple and straighforward to share files with anyone.  Simply download the small application and install it on your computer and you…

Toolkit Tip: My New Feature

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This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Solo Pros Toolkit

I often get asked about recommendations for different applications, services and what I use every day to run and operate my business.  I’ve decided that if a few people are asking me for this information then it’s likely that others out there are also curious about what I use everyday to run my business.  What…

Having a Backup Plan in Place….

In Case of Emergency Break Glass

For those of you who know me, or follow me on Facebook or Twitter may have seen a few updates in the past few weeks regarding my personal challenges.  My father passed away (though not unexpected it was quicker than we thought) February 5, 2011.  This event of course turned my focus from work and…

Increase your web traffic – 4 Quick Tips

It’s all a numbers game, the more visitors you have the better opportunity you have to convert visitors into buying clients which means more sales.  Going on the assumption that you have a niche and that you are regularly doing keyword research to keep traffic of what is popular here are five quick and easy…

Your Business – Are You Thankful?

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian friends and clients!  Happy Columbus Day to my friends and clients south of the border!  It’s a three day week for most of us here in North America and it’s a time for all of use to enjoy time with family and friends, yet here I am in…