Your Website Domain Name Matters

Today’s guest post was written by Eva Vesper at WebHostingSearch.com

Everyone who has a website has a domain name but have you thought about how important your name is?  In an era of social media and online marketing, having a clear and simple domain name is the crux of good marketing. 

Here are six things you should know about creating a domain name. 

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How to Optimize Your Signup Page for Maximum Conversions

Nobody wants to fill out a form online unless they’re absolutely certain that a) they really want the information being delivered and b) that their information remains private and confidential. Now more than ever, it’s important to ensure your signup or opt-in form pushes all the right buttons for your prospect, without leaving them wondering just how their information could be used.

Here are a few of the best ways to increase conversions with your opt-in or sign up form.

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4 Must-Have Social Marketing Blog Shortcuts to Help Spread the Word

You’ve just written an amazing blog post, uncovered an incredible new tool or piece of software and now you want to tell the world about it. The problem is, you don’t want to come off as too self-promotional. Nobody likes a “social marketer” who just markets themselves.

So how do you make it easier for your followers, groups and friends to share your message? You integrate it with your blog posts and vice versa! Here are the easiest blog tools to make sure you’re maximizing your social networking efforts by making it easy for people to share your posts in just a few clicks.

1. Twitter Tools -  Alex King’s helpful Twitter Tools plugin will integrate your blog posts with Twitter and optionally let you create digests every day or week of your tweets and/or posts. Easy to install and start using – this is a Twitter blog plugin that you won’t want to be without!

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4 Must-Ask Questions that Will Connect You to Your Customers

Reaching your target audience is about more than putting up some products, writing some snazzy descriptions and promoting it, hoping for the best.  It’s about asking real, relevant questions that get their attention and get them involved with what you have to offer.  In a sense, you’re “speaking to them” on a level they can relate to. 

But what questions should you be asking?  Here are four of the best questions to know the answers to before you start your marketing plan.

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How to Generate Great New Ideas On-Demand, Just By Opening Your File Cabinet

Did you know that right now, there are thousands of terrific ideas, headlines, and sales ideas sitting all around you?  They’re on TV, in magazines and newspapers, nestled in the classifieds and all over the internet.  And they’re even hiding out…in your junk mail.

These are the treasured tidbits that every serious business owner watches out for.  That one letter with a return address you don’t recognize on the hand-written envelope.  That piece of mail marked “Private and Confidential”.  That magazine ad that looks so real you have to touch it to believe it.

These are all prize-winning pieces of the swipe file.

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