Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Ten Simple Ways to Increase your Sales

We humans are funny creatures. We have the ability to think in very abstract and creative forms, yet we generally work best within a structured environment.
Creating lists and framing business plans is an absolute necessity, if you want to be successful.
Such frameworks and instructions, even when written by ourselves, to ourselves, give us a track to run on and a way of keeping our focus. They give us the ability to gauge whether or not what we are doing is working, how well it’s working, and where we need to work harder. We need a “track to run on!”

Self-Promotion tips

This is what everyone keeps hearing by the way and its no wonder so many people are always confused about marketing especially when on social media!
While many may argue that there is a fine line between the act of self- promotion and promoting oneself on social media the fact is there is ( at least to me) a difference.
When I think about a person who is self promoting I have this imagery of a person going around saying..look at me, I’m so good and talking only about what they are doing or have done and really not giving a damn about anyone else – other than themselves. Kind of sad when I think about it!
Promoting yourself ( notice the difference?) is different in terms of what you are doing and why you are doing it.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Good Software

Finding good, reliable, safe and free software for most of your computing needs is just plain smart business. Every cent you save in any area of your business is money you have for other things that you can budget in, like extra traffic campaigns, or one time ads, or a much needed and well deserved break at the local coffee shop (where you can also develop new contacts.)
However, the word, “almost,” means, “not absolutely all the time.” There may be times when you want software for a particular task that you just can’t find, free.
There are two I will recommend, today. These are both very good, and will save you a lot of headaches if you use them (or at least write them down until you need them!) Neither of these are free, but they are worth every penny of the few dollars they cost. (I am not an affiliate for either.)

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!

English: "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" (1914) By Jennie A. Brownscombe (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in Canada and Happy Columbus day to those in the United states.

While the turkey is in the oven and the pumpkin pies are are ready to eat, I was thinking about what thanksgiving means to me both as a person and as a person who works online.
I have been given a battery of tests as my health has not been the best over the last few months and was given the news by my doctor ( I gave him a hug by the way which totally astounded the man and had him going red ha ha ha) that while physically my health is good, I need to destress myself more as it is affecting my health and not for the best!
When we work online for any reason, its easy to fall into the trap of just staying online and forgetting about the world outside of the screen and it can affect us in ways that we are not even aware of!

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Saying Goodbay to a friend- Branka Babic

In loving memory of Branka Babic | A Tribute to a Special lady

In loving memory of Branka Babic | A Tribute to a Special lady from Diane Bjorling

Free Software

I recently wrote an article about the best free anti-malware software for 2013, and mentioned that I load my own computers, tablets, smartphones, etc., with all the software I use, other than the operating system my device comes with.
This raised so many questions, it has become important to write a followup article that answers the when, what, why, where and how of downloading and installing software on your device from the internet.
The first question, then, is “When should you use free software?” The simple answer is that it’s always a good idea to use free software if it does what you need it to do, reliably. The money you save by not spending it on expensive software can be used for other things. That’s as good as making money!
What kinds of software are available? The chances are that if you need software, you can get almost anything you need legitimately and free. This is not the so-called kind of free where you have to do something else, take a poll, sign up for a trial, etc., etc., that some companies advertise as free. Those are NOT free. You are paying for them with your labour, whether or not you recognize it.

Monday, October 07, 2013

Drip marketing and Social Marketing

A great example is posting an educational or information post on a blog. When you do that you are inviting people to respond to the author and then they share with others – that is drip marketing that is interactive!
It actually is pretty exciting when you think about it and here is a post that I think will give you an even beter idea on how to do drip marketing through social media.

HOW TO DO DRIP MARKETING THROUGH SOCIAL:
WHY TWITTER IS THE BACKBONE

Just a question for you - Do you agree that it takes 29 times for a person to view a “marketing message” before you get a customer? That number seems rather high to me, so let me know your experiences and why you agree or disagree?

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Classified Ads Cont - Building Traffic Part 5 - E-Business Success Blueprint Workshop - Part 25

Previous lesson..

Another important point about classified ads.

Online classified ads can be an effective means of advertising, if they are well written, targeted to specific audience and placed on online classified sites which have substantial traffic.

They however should be placed in the right category. For instance, you wouldn’t place a business opportunity in the health section and vice versa.

Lastly, since classified systems usually displays newer ads ahead of the older ads, your ad will continuously slide down and eventually skip to the next page and then second until nobody will see it. Therefore, it is paramount that you renew your ads and resubmit them. Some paid services will keep your ad at the top of their page for the duration of the service.

For example, visit for more information.

Many professionals use free online classifieds ads to test their offer. They then quickly see if their ad works or doesn’t work.

Another option is to build your mailing list using free online classifieds ads by offering subscription to interesting newsletter and offering free e-books or samples.

Classified ads in online newsletters Classified ads can be also placed in e-zines. Ezines stands for electronic newsletters. Some Ezine publishers will accept free ads from their subscribers and publish them at the end of the publication or mix with the content. Placing your ad in the ezine can be even more effective than online classified sites since ezines are delivered by email and usually cover a very narrow target audience.

The best way to find online newsletters is to visit sites like those described in the initial parts of this workshpo and subscribe to newsletters of interests and monitor them for some time.

Approach newsletter owners and offer to exchange ads between your newsletter and theirs for maximum exposure.

Once you know who the editor is and what kind of audience is reading it, tailor your ads toward that audience.

Once you know that your ad is working well, you can even purchase some more ads or exchange them for other services or products.

Adlandpro offers several newsletters in several topics. One of them is called Adland Digest and has been in existence since 1998. I’m still accepting quality ads. For additional information, visit You can review recent archives here.

Check links below for directories of e-zines.
http://new-list.com , http://www.newsletteraccess.com

Are classified ads the best way to go?

Let me be honest with you. There are zillions of classifieds sites on the internet and some of them are good and some are not so good. Therefore, your job is to weed out the good ones that receive very good traffic and use them over and over again. This will ensure that you only post ads on sites that have really great traffic.

And lastly, don’t forget about Adlandpro Classifieds. Our site is in the top 5,300 sites in the world according to Alexa as of this writing and we receive tens of thousands hits per day.

To take advantage of this wonderful opportunity, please place your new ad here.

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Bogdan Fiedur
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The Best Free Anti-Malware of 2013

The best free anti-malware software of 2013 has been tested, ranked and run for over half a year, already, and it has undoubtedly saved a lot of computing devices.
I say “computing devices,” because the days of the humble desktop computer’s total dominance of the field have ended. While we still have them and use them, we also have laptops (like the one I’m working on), tablets, iPads, smartphones and now phablets, tablets that double as a cellular phone.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Content syndicating and Repurposing your blog posts

I was asked a question earlier today about blog or article posts and if they can be put on a third party site?
Read more at http://blogs.adlandpro.com/post/2013/09/19/Content-syndicating-and-Repurposing-your-blog-posts#jR6gh6EzbVlCwWU8.99

I was asked a question earlier today about blog or article posts and if they can be put on a third party site?
I would like to answer this question as it is a common question being asked on the Adlandpro blogging community. First off we need to give a name to the process of putting your blog or site content onto another site and its called content syndication. Content syndication is a method where people can put their post or article on many websites or directories and While there is a debate going on as to the value of this style of "content creation", the fact is it is done on a daily basis. The reality from my perspective is that having the same content being put on a multitude of websites is not going to be valued as high as unique content and Google says that content that is deliberately duplicated across domains in an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or win more traffic will be dealt with accordingly.

Read more at http://blogs.adlandpro.com/post/2013/09/19/Content-syndicating-and-Repurposing-your-blog-posts#jR6gh6EzbVlCwWU8.99

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

SlideShare and Coffee

SlideShare is a great platform to create content and with these 4 tips will help you understand the power of creating a presentation. To give you an idea of one way to create a presentation, I made a SlideShare about coffee…who doesn’t like coffee?

Adlandpro coffee lovers slide share from Diane Bjorling

Conversions

Conversions – what does that mean? And How do I get them?

by Dave Cottrell

Conversions came up a while ago in a blog article where someone said, “Everyone keeps talking about conversions and I don’t even know what that means.”

Simply put, a conversion is when a visitor to your website responds positively to your call to action. In the case of affiliates or online stores, that means they buy something from you.

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Business success strategies are plans you put in place to achieve success with your business, regardless of what kind of business it is.

This might seem self-evident, but years of watching what people are doing in the world of network marketing, especially online, demonstrate that most people don’t stick with the plan.

“Hurry! Hurry! Get in at the top!”

“Don’t Miss This One!”

“Just Launching!!”

How many times have you received an email with a subject line like that? I hope your first reaction was to delete it!