LookSmart Answer Their Critics
If you've read my article "LOOKs Can Be Deceiving" (http://www.high-search-engine-ranking.com/LOOKs_Can_Be_Deceiving.htm), you'll already know how I feel about LookSmart's recent decision to change their US-based directory model at www.looksmart.com...
SEO Trade Secrets - 8 Great Tools for Search Engine Optimization
About 80% of website traffic comes through search engines. And research shows, if you’re not on the first 2 pages, most people won’t find you. This article isn’t about how to achieve a high ranking. That topic has been done to death over the...
This Piece of Software Does It All
I make my living as a writer (hard copy niche non-fiction books and online instruction courses) and I use the internet to promote my wares. For years I searched for a piece of software that would free up my time to concentrate exclusively on...
Why are so many, making so little?
Wherever you look on-line, you'll find thousands promoting online businesses, but ask them,and if their honest enough to tell the truth, you will find that more than 99% of them have yet to make a penny! I would like to take some of your valuable...
Will Your New Domain Drive New Traffic?
Anyone who has been marketing on the Internet for a while knows that without good, targeted traffic generating sales for you, you are dead in the water. No traffic, no sales, no money.
Let's talk about domain names. Many marketers out there who...
How Direct Sales Reps Can Use Blogging
One of the tools that a smart direct sales representative use to attract new business is a blog. A blog keeps customers and potential customers informed about products, events and services that relate to your business, new releases, contests, specials and it always keeps your name front and center. It shows readers that you are a good source of information that they can count on.
If you think about it, you also probably subscribe to a number of blog feeds on various subjects that interest you. Where do you think you are going to get information when you are in the market for a product or service that relates to your interests? Yes, that's right, you think about that blog that gives you all that great information!
Often direct sales representative's websites are nothing more than a corporate website. Websites in which they are unable to update information. These types of websites also make it difficult for a representative to look unique. They all have the same websites saying the same thing. Corporate sites also make it difficult for the representatives to hold
special contests or special sales.
With a blog you can quickly update your customers anytime your company released a new product, when you're holding a contest or are placing items on special pricing. Blogs also can be more fun and unique than the traditional newsletter. Newsletters are often sent out at a set time. With blogs you can stop in anytime. With all the feeds available your visitors can subscribe to your feeds and be instantly updated without any spam filters interfering.
If you want to produce a professional looking blog, try using a service such as Blogger.com. You can then upload your blog quickly and easily readily available for your visitors. Another great thing about Blogger.com is that it is free. This means no hosting costs or domain costs.
Visit http://www.wahm-blog.com/what-is-blogging.html for more information about blogging.
About the Author
Anita DeFrank is a busy work at home mom, wife and web master. Stop on by http://www.Wahm-Blog.com and find out what she and many other work at home moms have to talk about!