Is Your Website Ready to Sell?
In the online world, it all starts with your website. You will need a professional looking website that displays your skills and creates trust within your target market so that people will want to buy from you. That starts with the copy on your website, the look of your logo, and the copy in your … Read more
How to Join the Best LinkedIn Groups
The one place you can find everyone – recruiters, influencers, potential networking connections and prospective clients – is within LinkedIn Groups. Known for their strong focus, Groups provide a unique way for you to become visible, known and trusted – without members even being connections. You can: Give and get feedback Ask questions Answer questions … Read more
How to Find Work Opportunities on LinkedIn
It’s true that LinkedIn is a powerful virtual job fair, for those seeking steady, traditional employment. It’s also a great place to pick up freelance contracts and new clients for your online business. You can search the “Jobs” section, which will be optimized for your Profile. You can also see what your competitors are offering – and … Read more
How to Dig Deep into LinkedIn Search Engine
LinkedIn is much more than just adding new business partners or ex-work colleagues to your connections list. You can use LinkedIn’s Advanced Search function to set up specific criteria – both to include and exclude search elements. Here’s how you do it… 1. Open up LinkedIn Advanced Search. 2. Enter your keywords, separated by qualifiers … Read more
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How to Maximize Your Business Brand on Google+ Checklist Creating a Google+ business page is just the beginning. Brands need to be consistent, follow trends and interact with their followers in order to increase their brand visibility. Check these questions and see what you should be doing to maximize your business brand on Google+. 10 … Read more
How to Connect with the Right People on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a fertile ground for those wanting to research almost any business niche or industry. Even with all its adjustments and changes over the last several years, LinkedIn still remains the most business-oriented social network, with a strong slant towards jobs and careers – as well as on networking, in the truest, most traditional … Read more
Pinning for Fun? Why Not Becoming a Pinterest Expert
Pinterest Best Practices for Beginners and Not Only Pinterest is providing amazing results for small business owners who have jumped on the bandwagon. If you want to use Pinterest to gain influence then you need to be strategic in your actions. As you get started with Pinterest understand what you’re doing and do it with … Read more
Market Your Skills into an Online Business
Do you want to start an online business and don’t know what to do? In order to pick a service it’s best to go by the skills you currently have. You can translate most of what you have done in the working world, volunteer world, or as a parent into an income producing service. Get … Read more
Do You Have What It Takes to be an Online Entrepreneur?
Having an online business has many advantages. You don’t need transportation to get to work, nor do you need special business clothing. You simply need to know how to do the services you want to provide, and have a desire to do it. To run an online business you need the same type of skills … Read more
How to Become an Influencer on Pinterest
Pinterest began as a beta site just a few short years ago as a way for others to share what they love and create virtual bulletin boards for all their favorite things. Now users are amazed with the potential of the site and can’t wait to share with their friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and acquaintances. … Read more
Using Google Plus Hangouts to Establish Expertise
One way to maximize your business brand on Google + is to find a way to establish your expertise. A great way to do that is to use Google Hangouts On-Air. You can use Google + Hangout’s On Air service free to give excellent presentations. You don’t need any special software, and you can do … Read more
Have You Considered the Legal Requirements for Starting an Online Business?
Every city and state (and country) has different requirements in terms of business ownership. Most banks require you to have a business license and an EIN (employee identification number) to have a business bank account. It is best to find out the rules in your area before proceeding. It’s not usually very expensive to get … Read more