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Archive for December, 2009
Understanding Social Media Marketing
Dec 23rd
Would you like to be able to drive insane amounts of traffic to your website from the social media networks? You might be surprised with exactly how effective this traffic can be once you learn how to push it around a little bit. In this article we are going to talk about three of the major social media websites, and how you can use them to get traffic.
YouTube is the most popular website on the Internet, simply because people seem to have a love affair with video. If you upload video to the YouTube website and include specific keyword phrases, you would be surprised with how quickly your able to push that traffic through your video on over to your webpage. That is because YouTube is the second largest search engine on the Internet, aside from Google.
Facebook is one of the most popular social media networks, with hundreds of millions of active users. All you need to do is find various groups inside of Facebook that contain all of these users, and the ones that are interested in what you are talking about will join you. You may also want to push traffic from the other social media networks to Facebook, as it allows you to connect with them easier.
Finally, we have Twitter, which is an up-and-coming social media network with millions upon millions of users. If you are able to effectively get a following of individuals that are interested in what you are talking about, the resulting traffic from Twitter can be nothing short of phenomenal.
Stephen Fellowes is a full time Internet marketer. His most recent website focuses on kids punching bag sales. See his latest articles at: KidsPunchingBag.org
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Why Twitter? Why Facebook?
Dec 22nd
Many people ask themselves this question every day; what is the point in Twitter/Facebook? What benefits could it bring to my company?
Simple.
The point of Twitter and Facebook is to interact with your customers, to build a trusting relationship with them. If you think about it, if you’ve been interacting and building rapport with a customer for the past month, and he’s looking for a company like yours to purchase from, then it is more likely that he will purchase from you, not your competitors. The reason for this is that he trusts you, he sees you not as a company but as an individual. This is very important.
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Top 7 WordPress Plugins for Your Blog
Dec 21st
Many bloggers are using WordPress and with good reason. It is the most popular blogging software in use today and one of the biggest reasons is the ability to add functionality through the use of plugins. Plugins can turn your run-of-the-mill blog into a high powered online tool capable of bringing traffic and profit to your site. Consider using the top WordPress plugins on your current WordPress blog or on a future blog. You won’t be disappointed. Happy Blogging. Click here to see the Top 7 Plugins.
How to Attach a File to a Forum Message
Dec 18th
Several times now people have asked me how to attach a file to a forum. So this article will cover what a forum is, how a forum can help you make money online and of course how to attach a file to share it with others on a forum. Read on….
What Is a Forum?
A forum is a central location which allows it’s members and sometimes visitors to interact with each other to share information and discuss all types of topics. Usually forums have a central topic perhaps even my favorite, martial arts.
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5 Inbox Time Savers
Dec 17th
We seem to spend so much time at the computer that a few time saving tips are always handy. Are you sometimes overwhelmed by your emails? Don’t know what to do with them all? At KISS Training we offer simple, straightforward webinars which show you how to keep on top of them all.
If you can’t wait for our next Outlook webinar, then click here to discover 5 Inbox Time Savers!
3 Reasons to Use Twitter For Business
Dec 16th
1) Make more money
OK, so the main reason why most businesses sign up to Twitter is to identify potential customers and generate sales. Twitter is all about people. Don’t try to use it as a broadcasting medium: to generate business successfully on Twitter you need to build a network of individuals – of ‘followers’ and get to know them.
So, who should you connect with on Twitter? Start with people you know: your customers, suppliers and business network, then add suitable people to your network by running keyword searches through tools such as Tweetdeck and Tweepsearch. [Tip: run regular searches through Tweepular or other software to identify people who aren't following you back, then un-follow them. Twitter is about interaction, not one-way messaging.]
Engage with your followers regularly and they’ll start becoming advocates of your brand by messaging you and re-tweeting your posts. Not all of your followers will necessarily become your customers but they’ll do something just as important, which is to advocate your message to their network.
2) Generate PR coverage
Follow editors and journalists in your industry, send them an introductory message and ask them to follow you for breaking news in your industry. Then, when you’ve got a press release available, put it on your website and send the journalist a message with the link. Interacting with journalists is no different to interacting with the rest of your business network, so take an interest in their updates, re-tweet anything that might do them a favour, and engage in dialogue with them where appropriate. (It’s much cheaper than buying them a three course lunch.)
3) Find out what your customers think
Invite your customers to follow you on Twitter. Follow them back, and ask for their honest feedback about your products, services and brand. Used properly, Twitter can be a great tool for learning what your customers like and don’t like about your organisation. Look at negative feedback as a gift: you’ve just been handed free information about what you need to improve. Twitter is also a great way to conduct initial customer research about new product and service ideas. Can you distill the idea into 140 characters? (If not, it’s too complex.) When you’ve articulated the concept, put it out there and see what comes back. Use the feedback to refine the concept and develop a highly targeted product or service.
This article was written by Emily Hill of Write My Site ( http://www.writemysite.co.uk ) – web content and social media marketing.
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Start Your Personal Or Business Blog With WordPress
Dec 15th
Blogs have set off a trend in online media, being used for everything from angst chronicles to product marketing. Best of all, this popular method of self-expression, earning and marketing among other things comes without a price. Yes, it’s free.
Blogs can be hosted for free on various blogging platforms, of which one of the most popular is WordPress. Fast, easy to use and rich in features, WordPress has become the platform of choice for most sophisticated, conscious and serious bloggers – both personal and professional. Click here for the rest of this article.
At KISS Training we have compiled a FREE report on WordPress, all you need to do is sign up to our newsletter. We also offer 1 hour webinar sessions which will teach you all the basics of WordPress in simple, easy to understand steps. So, what are you waiting for? Start building your own website or blog today!
Websites – 20 Worst Errors
Dec 14th
Here at KISS we can show you how to build your own website or blog simply and easily. Using FREE software you can create pages of information, including adding video, in a matter of minutes and have it published LIVE and available worldwide there and then!!! Sounds too complicated? Not at all, it’s very simple to use – if you can point and click a mouse then you can create a blog site 
Have a look at our WordPress webinars to find out more information and for the top 20 worst web design mistakes, click here!
5 Twitter Gaffes You Can Do Without!
Dec 11th
Twitter’s microblogging service is so popular that businesses and organizations of all types and sizes have established their presence in Twitter. The premise is: you can do no wrong in using Twitter as part of your business marketing strategy, right? Wrong. Many organizations have their shares of Twitter mistakes they’d rather want to forget. These Twitter gaffes are either horrendously embarrassing, or financially costly, or damaging in the long run to the image of the business.
Businesses just new to the Twittersphere, and even existing ones, should be guided by, and learn to avoid, some of the most common Twitter mistakes. Click here to see what they are.
Beware the Attachment
Dec 10th
Viruses can (and do!) come via email.
Isn’t email great? You can keep in touch with friends and family. You can quickly and easily send them a message, and even include photos, jokes, programs and viruses. Wait… viruses!??! That’s right, one of the most common ways that computer users get viruses is via email attachments. When you download an attachment you are in essence saying, “I trust the person that sent me this file, and I’m confident it won’t harm me.” The problem is, how do you know where that person got the file? If it’s simply a funny “thing” that they are forwarding you, it might have come from anyone – including a virus or spy-ware producer.
This article tells you how to stay safe when it comes to email attachments.
