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By Ian Ross Hollander  |   Submitted On June 07, 2016

  

Are you an author, artist, internet marketer or aspiring entrepreneur who would LOVE to build buzz for your brand? Do you have great ideas, but a very small audience of people paying attention? Are you sick and tired of following internet marketing gurus, or trying "gimmicks" that are doomed to disappoint? I want to share with you a very simple, evergreen content marketing strategy that can literally transform your brand, blog, business and bank account... and make it happen in under a week as well.

Curious but not yet convinced? Continue reading as we take a closer look below.

A quick case study

In early May, we did a quick case study experiment for an aspiring author who wanted to sell more client consultations, and hoped to use her Amazon books to build "buzz" for her brand, and business. She is a spiritual "teacher" and author in the "psychic" development space. (an area and expertise where I am personally agnostic)

Believe it or not, her first book was selling fairly well, and was making anywhere from 5-10 sales per day at 2.99 per book.

But, her primary goal, which was failing in a big way, was to leverage these books into sales of her "off Amazon" content, like coaching, courses she has created, and so forth.

Her hope was to use her books to drive a constant stream of new traffic to one specific course she had recently created, and was informally promoting in the book covered in the case study.

Here is what we did, and here are the results.

On May 1, she sold 8 books at 2.99. Her profit on these sales, was roughly 16. (70% of each sale)

A few days before the first of May, we started submitting her book to many other publishing platforms, and pricing the book at "0". (free)

We then notified Amazon that we found her book on other platforms for free, which sets off their "price match guarantee" program.

On the morning of May 2nd, the book was now free on Amazon as well. (which made her VERY nervous... as she was liking that $$15-20 a day income stream for self esteem!)

By the end of the day, her FREE book was downloaded 169 times.

On May 3rd, the book was downloaded 351 times.

In 48 hours, she had gone a high of about 10 books a day, to averaging 250 downloads a day. Her book was now #1 in multiple categories on Amazon as well, in the free section.

Now, she was making no money from these "purchases" as it was a free transaction.

But, we made a few simple modifications to promotional material in the book, adding several big banner ads for promoting another free course she had elsewhere. This generated about 75 clicks to the sign up page for her free course, and generated somewhere around 40 or 50 new students.

Out of those students, just from those 2 days, about 12 have ended up purchasing a premium coaching program she teaches on a video based learning platform.

As I write this, a month later, the book continues to generate anywhere from 50, to 400 downloads a day. It continues to be a major source of free traffic, and it continues to convert strangers into subscribers, and subscribers into sales.

All 100% free. It will work the very SAME for you, no gimmicks, no gadgets, and no goofy gurus required!

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Why Should Your Small Business Start a Blog?

By Kristen Brady  |   Submitted On June 08, 2016

  

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Since blogging is not that simple, and search engines are policing all of your efforts, should a business maintain a section of blogs on their website? The answer is yes. Your site is more than likely to appear higher within the SERPs (search engine result pages) if you're maintaining a blog than if you do not. And these results are vital now that more individuals are turning to the Web to make purchases and obtain information.

Why is "appearing higher" within the search engine results critical? Consider how you consume information. Do you scroll through all search engine results you get as you conduct a search, or, do you select from the results on page one, with close attention to the results discovered at the top of that page?

If you remain at the top of page one of results, you are like 95% of Internet users out there. As a matter of fact, individuals typically joke that the ideal place to discover a dead body is on the second page of Google. Therefore, where is your blog located on the list of search results? Do you usually come in first place within the search results? Or 400th? It's referred to as page rank. The more traffic the blog generates, the more engaging the blog's content it is, the more shares and likes it'll receive, the higher you'll rank. And this means more individuals will locate your site; services, products, blog - everything!

How Often You Should Write Blogs

Do not stress yourself over it, just begin somewhere. One time per month is better than nothing at all. Once per week is better than once per month, and once per day is better than once per week. Do what you can. The more you create content, the easier it'll become - not to forget the increased quantity of leads you'll produce from doing so.

What to Write About

As you begin the blog, create content about your business. Create content about your customers. Create content about your products. Create content about your failures, successes, and lessons learned. Plus, if you dare, create content about some intriguing stories pertaining to how you decided to be an entrepreneur.

Personal stories of your business success, as well as how you did it, assist your brand in becoming relatable. That is crucial. In today's world of business, a small business is merely a couple of poor Yelps from oblivion. On the other hand, your business is a couple of fantastic reviews from success.

Outsourcing the Writing

You may have expert bloggers do the writing for you. You may pay them to write content which might appeal to your readers. This process will fall under content marketing.

How Many Blogs Should You Have?

The quality of the blogs greatly matters. However, size also matters. Within a perfect world, you should blog more frequently than the competition, and you should have more posts in your blog than the competition has. That way, the search engines see that your site is more robust and active than the competitions' websites. Also, more blogs mean there are that many more opportunities for your site to be found when individuals perform Internet searches.

My name is Kristen Brady and I am an expert writer/social media marketer/editor with over 10 years of experience. Please check out my website for more information: http://www.kaboomsocialmedia.com/

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5 Solutions to Make an Impressive Web Presence of Your Small Business

By Victor Gerente Teves  |   Submitted On April 08, 2016

  

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The advent of computers and e-commerce has enabled small businesses to create their companies come out big online. Actually, most home-based business transactions are completed in the comfort of the entrepreneurs' bedroom, and yet they make it appear that potential clients are dealing with big, well-established, and of good standing companies. The following are some of the ways how they generally approach it, and of course you being a budding entrepreneur are capable of doing as well.

1. Construct an impressive website

There are numerous companies that offer complimentary entry to website builder, free domain, and no-charge hosting for the completed website. All you need usually is to register as a member to make sure you could use the free services endlessly. There is an option to upgrade to Premium account which has a minimal monthly charge.

2. Get your own paid domain name

The free domain that goes along with your free hosting, such as, "http://yourcompany.freehost.com", gives the harmful perception regarding the credibility of your company. In comparison with a paid domain that bears only your company name, for example: "http://yourcompany.com", your company can look more dignified over the internet. Your host company definitely also provides a paid domain. However, even if you want to purchase your domain from another company that gives an inexpensive price, it is possible to mask it and have it re-directed to your current complimentary website. That company definitely has easy-to-follow instructions in order to do the work.

Your domain should match the type of business you are in. For small businesses, the dot com (.com) extension could be appropriate. GoDaddy offers the most affordable domain, so far.

3. Use a Corporate Email Address

Free email addresses such as, "admin@yahoo.com" or "admin@Google".com also create an unfavorable impression. Bundled as part of your paid domain is one (or more) free email address, for example, "admin@yourcompany.com". Such a company email address gives a more professional feel and look.

4. Make use of the pronoun "We, Us" rather than " I, My"

Give the customers the impression that you are a team, instead of you working alone (at home). This kind of technique tells everyone that your current organization is run by individuals with expertise crucial to run the company competently.

5. Use a high-status business address

Unless your abode is situated in a high-end business location, making use of your home address as your business address could give you a negative perception in the event you are planning to create a picture of being big. To address this issue, you may avail of the services of a virtual office that provides a business address in impressive business areas of your country. In addition to the use of the address, the package includes the usage of facilities like conference room, a corporate office to personally entertain your potential customers, receptionists who are able to take care of your calls proficiently and forward them wherever you might be, and quite a few more that you can see in a typical office. What else, you can also make it come out that you maintain offices in numerous locations not only in the city but around the country or all over the world.

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