How an RSS Feed Increases Traffic to Your Blog

Having an RSS feed for your blog is one of the simplest ways to help to increase traffic and get extra subscribers to your website. An RSS or Really Simple Syndication is a feed that contains a summary or the full content of the associated website. With the use of RSS readers, users can automate their viewing, adding sites of interest and having updates sent to their reader so that they can view what is new or up to the minute. Adding an RSS feed is one of the most effective ways to increase the overall popularity of your site, and hence drive more traffic to you.

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10 reasons why I’m stoked on my hosting company

When you are first starting out with an online business choosing a web host can be a confusing task. I know because I’ve been there and experienced the same mistakes. At one point I was using a host that was charging me $9.95 per month for each account and also up to $35 per year per domain!! Thankfully I found a solution to this problem in 2007 and it has enabled me to quickly start building up my “virtual real estate” at a much quicker pace than I could have imagined with my previous methods. In this post I’ll share some of my personal reasons for choosing this host and why I want to recommend them to you.

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Using an Autoresponder to Generate Leads

Today I’m going to ask about how you are emailing your current prospect lists. Are you still using the dinosaur methods such as logging on each day, once a week, or once a month and manually entering your prospects from your Outlook address book and sending your sales or follow up messages? Doesn’t this seem boring to you or just a flat out waste of time!!? If this sounds like you then you probably are not aware of how to use an autoresponder. Autoresponders are one of the most important marketing tools that you can have if you are doing business online. In fact, the only thing more important than the autoresponder is your opt-in list!!

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5 reasons you should be Blogging.

Blogging is a concept that started in the late 90s. It used to be a way to comment an existing web page, an opportunity for visitors and readers to react or voice out one’s opinion on the said page. What started as a single-sentence commentary has evolved into pages of personal take on just about anything and everything under the sun.

As it continues to move forward, online advertising has tapped into the blog’s potential.

Here are 5 reasons why you should use blogging as an Internet marketing tool.

1. Blogging is simple. The simplest way to get your piece on the net is through blogging. No skills are necessary… an average adult can read and type, or at least click a mouse. It’s like having a virtual piece of paper and you just write your ideas, experiences, new products, and hope that the truth behind your articles comes out and entice your reader to also try your product. If you have a PC and an Internet connection (who doesn’t?) then you can blog and advertise.

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Tips on Choosing a Web Hosting Company

With thousands of web hosting companies in the market it can be difficult if not impossible to know which web site hosting companies truly provide an excellent hosting solution at an excellent price. When you have an established domain name with a good web hosting company, you can get reports on your traffic and which of your pages your customers are visiting most often, as well as many other statistics.

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What is a Blog? A beginners guide.

A blog is basically an online journal wherein you can digitally pen down your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything that you want people to read. Blogs come in different styles, formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user. Many blogging sites, offer built in features such as hyper link, straight texts, pictures etc. Some blogging sites, even allow you to put video and mp3′s on your blogs.

Instead of writing texts, some bloggers choose to make their blogs more audio friendly, by using spoken word entries. This is called audio blogging.

Basically a blog contains these features:

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What I learned about Squidoo

Have you used this site yet?

I recently started a couple of lenses using Squidoo and have found some really cool pages there as well. After doing some research and catching up on some reading I just wanted to share with you some of the things I noticed and learned.

What I Learned… Squidoo.com is an excellent platform for Web users interested in promoting their passions and interests on the Web. Following is a little more about “how” the site works, and how you go about creating dynamic lens pages. Find out More…