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 | Keeping Your Site Updated |  |
| Keeping Your Site UpdatedThe Internet is constant flow of information. Take for example, YouTube and MySpace. These areas have a constant flow of video and other fe |
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| Using Blogging as a Means of Free Advertisment | |
| Using Blogging as a Means of Free Advertisment
In the past, people used to have diaries. A blog is an on-line diary. Blogs have also become an excellent way of promoting your business (whether on-line or physical). A blog connects you w |
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| The Importance of Choosing the Right Domain Name |  |
| The Importance of Choosing the Right Domain Name
Have you ever visited a website and it had a very memorable name? What made that name memorable? Was it short and thus easy to type? Was it catchy? If you take a look at many Hollywood mo |
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| Designing Your Website – The Importance of Links | |
| Designing Your Website – The Importance of Links
Links allow other users, consumers and webmasters to become aware of the products or services you offer. Links have 3 types: Internal, Incoming and Outgoing Links.
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| 5 Tips For Maximizing Your On-Line Newsletter | |
| 5 Tips For Maximizing Your On-Line Newsletter
As an on-line or off-line business, steady contact with your customers is important. In fact, many customers report that they wouldn’t have known that you were having a spectacular sales ev |
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| Converting Normal Web-Site Traffic into Customers | |
| Converting Normal Web-Site Traffic into Customers
Your regular, average web-site surfer is in need of stimulation. They view your website as a means of information and a place to possibly buy. The million pound question is, “How do I |
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| Choosing Between a Template and a Custom Designed Website | |
| Choosing Between a Template and a Custom Designed Website
Website templates provide the basis or core elements of how and what your website and its design will appear. Templates also provide a quicker means of bringing your website ‘l |
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| The Number One Reason Most Websites Fail | |
| The Number One Reason Most Websites Fail
Most websites start out being a ‘dream’. Your website is going to bring riches and is going to attract millions of paying customers for your products and services. 6 months have passed and y |
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| Your Website – First Impressions Count | |
| Your Website – First Impressions Count
Have you ever visited a website and everything is all over the place? Or it’s difficult to navigate? So difficult in fact that you decide to leave? You click away and that website owner has just |
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| Website Design Concerns – The Basics | |
| Website Design Concerns – The Basics
Just when you thought that you had all the aspects of your website covered, a few more concerns crop up. One of the biggest reasons why customers will leave your website is the time it takes to lo |
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| Discovering Your Website Appeal | |
| Discovering Your Website Appeal
When you’re designing your website, you have a look you wish to achieve. This look is usually geared towards the product or service you are providing. For example, a website that wants to sell several |
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| Website Copy – The Good, The Bad and The No Sale (Part I) | |
| Website Copy – The Good, The Bad and The No Sale (Part I)
The GoodWhen you click on a webpage, you inevitably either see a picture or get your attention through the website’s copy. That is, the words, phrases or |
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| Website Copy – The Good, The Bad and The No Sale (Part II) | |
| Website Copy – The Good, The Bad and The No Sale (Part II)
The BadIn Part I we discussed what to look fo |
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| Website Copy – The Good, The Bad and The No Sale (Part III) | |
| Website Copy – The Good, The Bad and The No Sale (Part III)
The No SaleIn Part II we looked at The Bad w |
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| Creating Usable Website Forms |  |
| Creating Usable Website Forms
Getting your website design right the first time involves planning and proper execution. Simplicity and well-organised placement of information wins all the time. However, what happens when your website has |
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| Getting The Right Testimonial For Your Website | |
| Getting The Right Testimonial For Your Website
Testimonials are credibility qualifiers. They provide the much needed 'believe' factor. However, when you visit many websites you read testimonials and you don't believe a word they are sa |
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| Is Affiliate Marketing Right For You? | |
| Is Affiliate Marketing Right For You?
Affiliate marketing is a form of promotion that helps a company market its product or service with the assistance of someone else (the affiliate marketer).There are 5 questions you need to as |
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| What is Affiliate Marketing? | |
| What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a form of promotion that benefits the company offering the product to be marketed and the person actually doing the marketing. Think of it as a reverse franchise: with franchises YOU t |
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| Designing Your Website To Fit Your Product Or Service | |
| Designing Your Website To Fit Your Product Or Service
Website design theory has its 'gurus' and 'pundits'. They differ on what colour schemes to use or what layout or what setup. The reason why they differ is that old adage, 'Beauty is |
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| What Is Email Marketing? | |
| What Is Email Marketing?
Email marketing is a form advertising that companies, people and industry use to tell you about their products and services. It takes the form of an electronic message (email) and is sent to your message InBox on |
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| The 5 Web Pages You Need Most | |
| The 5 Web Pages You Need Most
So you’ve decided to have a website for business. You’ve heard that it’s essential (and it is) however, you’re stuck on what a website contains and quite frankly don’t know what all the fuss is a |
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| 3 Popular Ways An Affiliate Can Earn Money | |
| 3 Popular Ways An Affiliate Can Earn Money
There are 3 popular ways that affiliates can earn money. They are:
Pay Per Sale
Pay Per Sale is the most common type of affiliate marketing programme. With t |
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| 7 Benefits of Affiliate Marketing | |
| 7 Benefits of Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing provides the opportunity to earn money by promoting someone else’s product or service. You don’t have any inventory, materials or goods to ship. The manufacturer or company does |
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| Why You Must Absolutely Have A Website? | |
| Why You Must Absolutely Have A Website?
In today’s culture, a website represents your business card – even if you don’t have a business! Your child may have a website, your neighbour may have a website and even your local place o |
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| What is ‘Stickiness?’ | |
| What is ‘Stickiness?’
A term has been cropping up to describe how customers and Internet Web surfers stay and linger on a website. This term is ‘stickiness.’ It relates to the amount of eyeballs that stay glued or ‘stick’ t |
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| 5 Ways Of Overcoming Website Blues | |
| 5 Ways Of Overcoming Website Blues
You’ve been hacking away at your website but you’re no closer to completing the many tasks you have and there seems to be no end in sight. You don’t think that you’re doing things right and lik |
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| Why It’s Important To Have New Content On Your Website | |
| Why It’s Important To Have New Content On Your Website
Have you ever wondered how people get a number one ranking on the search engines? Is it because they are special? Is it because they know the Internet gurus? Is it because they h |
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| 3 Important Items You Need For Your Website | |
| 3 Important Items You Need For Your Website
Ok. You’ve taken all the advice that you can handle. You have your website design all planned and mapped out, you’ve looked at some websites and can give examples of what you like. You’ |
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| Website Design: Do You Really Need to Hire A Web Designer? | |
| Website Design: Do You Really Need to Hire A Web Designer?
Website designers are a unique breed of people. They are able to marry the technical skills of the Internet and media with your design requirements. They are also savvy busines |
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| What is Domain Name Registration and How Does This Affect Me? | |
| What is Domain Name Registration and How Does This Affect Me?
Domain name registration is the process where you register your domain name. For example, www.yourbusiness.com has to be registered in order for a customer to access that we |
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| Business Owners: Do You Really Need A Website? | |
| Business Owners: Do You Really Need A Website?
Savvy business owners have jumped on the Internet bandwagon. Take a look at the amount of websites on the World Wide Web and you’ll see that the number is in the 100’s of millions. How |
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| Is Your Website Making You Money? | |
| Is Your Website Making You Money?
There comes a time when every website owner asks, “Is my website making me money?” If the numbers aren’t adding up and your revenue stream is dwindling or your cost of advertising is increasing w |
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| Choosing Colour For Your Website | |
| Choosing Colour For Your Website
Colour schemes are the hardest to pick when building your website.
Why?
If your favourite colour is mauve, this may not translate into a website that is eye-appealing to potential cu |
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| Helping Your Visitors To A Great Website Experience | |
| Helping Your Visitors To A Great Website Experience
Your website visitor is typically looking for fresh content and solutions to their problems. If they don’t find the information they’re looking for, they will just look for that i |
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| White Papers - Why You Need to Write One | |
| White Papers - Why You Need to Write One
A white paper is a document that can outline many aspects of your company, its strategy, its products with an emphasis on how that strategy or product can help other businesses and general consu |
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| Sit Back and Relax: 3 Ways To Achieve Simple Website Design | |
| Sit Back and Relax: 3 Ways To Achieve Simple Website Design
Website design can become complicated and filled with many layers if you don’t know what you’re doing or don’t know what to look for when you’re trying to build your w |
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| 3 Techniques To Check Your Website | |
| 3 Techniques To Check Your Website
One of the most important ways that you can effectively and cheaply check to see if your website is being listed is to do a search for your keywords. If you are a new website, indexing can be difficul |
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| 3 Reasons Why Your Customers Want To Read Your Newsletter | |
| 3 Reasons Why Your Customers Want To Read Your Newsletter
Your customers are your greatest source of revenue. Without customers, there is absolutely no reason to be in business. Your customers consistently need to know about what you h |
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| My Website Does Not Load Up...Solutions to a common problem | |
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Upon purchasing a Freestart Website Package, your website will be online within 48 hours of initial purchase. If for some reason you cannot access your website directly as any visitor would, it could be due to numerous factors:
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| Getting Started With Your Freestart Website | |
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Congratulations on signing up for your new Freestart website. A welcome pack will be on its way through the post shortly with your account, login, and website startup information |
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