Advertising, growing followers and friends, increasing Facebook likes and getting more Twitter followers and retweets ~ These are all great for growing visibility and brand awareness… BUT… They convert at an extremely low rate. They ARE important for increasing conversions WHEN someone PERSONALLY recommends your products of service! But PERSONAL recommendations are what REALLY work. Without them, huge Twitter followings, massive numbers of Facebook fans, and all the LinkedIn lions you … [Read more...]
Never EVER Use HughesNet Satellite ISP
I encourage everyone, everywhere to look into the health impacts of using wireless devices. Here's a video to get you start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0NEaPTu9oI Update May 2018: Although HughesNet has supposedly changed and "better", the same kind of complaints continue to pour in: Consumer Affairs Complaints about HughesNet. Their installer says the WiFi can not be turned down or off ever, but you can unplug the equipment. Whether that stops the RF or not, we won't know until … [Read more...]
Powerful Keyword Research: the Key to Attracting More Traffic
Does increasing traffic, leads, and sales seem hopeless? It isn't. But what you need is a plan. And that plan starts with powerful keyword research. Back when we started GrowMap, search engines including Google sent us many times more traffic than they do today. Sadly, those days are long gone for most blogs and sites. RIP: Google Keyword Planner And something else that is gone is accurate keyword data that Google used to give us for free in Google Analytics and Google Keyword … [Read more...]
Making Money with Your Blog – Part 1 – Understanding Affiliate Programs
There is nothing wrong with monetizing your blog provided you do it in a manner that benefits your readers and does not compromise you ethically. IMHO, as long as you only recommend products and services you truly believe in and never add anything solely for the potential income, what you choose to offer enhances the content of your blog. If you are a subject matter expert, your evaluations and reviews can be positive additions that enable your readers to make decisions. The … [Read more...]
Looking to Scale Up? Get Your Employees on the Right Track Through eLearning Systems
Scaling up your business is a balancing act. If you do it too quickly, you can expand well beyond your means. If you don't do it quickly enough, you'll be missing opportunities. But even though the tempo at which you scale your business is very important to the outcome, the things entrepreneurs say are hardest to perform when scaling up always have to do with people. Attracting and hiring quality talent needs to be done quickly and efficiently. If the business is scaling beyond your … [Read more...]
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