<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:35:34.045-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Anchor Promotions</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>27</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-5788235673809891091</id><published>2010-03-29T04:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-29T04:32:33.514-07:00</updated><title type='text'>5 Ways To Ruin Any Website</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Owning a website gives you certain rights. For example, you have the right to plaster your URL all over the doors and windows of your BMW in hopes that someone in one of the 7 cars you pass on the way to work will get the urge to visit your website and spend loads of money. You own the website-this is your right. You also have the right to post pictures of your family, friends, pets, and other totally uninteresting images all over your website after all it's yours!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the biggest rights you have as a webmaster is the right to make your website successful (and profitable) or to run it into the ground. For those of you who despise online success and frown upon the wealths of interner sales I have compiled a list of 5 ways to ruin any website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing makes visitors leave quicker than a cluttered website that is hard to navigate around. So if you want people to flee from your site like it's a rabid wolf then be sure to put as much junk as you can on the homepage. Then make the links to the rest of the website hard to find. Be sure to have lots and lots of pictures, forms, banners and pop-ups as well. All the relevant information should be well hidden, and the main focus should appear to be the countless programs you want visitors to sign up for. That should keep any pesky visitors from ever coming back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Never Update Your Website&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If someone were to visit your website today and then come back 6 months from now they should see the same information. Nothing should be updated. This will let them know that you care nothing about the website and that you have nothing new to offer them. The next time they see a listing for your website they won't even bother to visit. Great!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Never Ever Advertise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advertising cost money and it might draw some good targeted traffic to your website. So be sure to never advertise. You can just keep promoting your website through those same tired free programs that you have been using for years. This should bring you little or no traffic, and the traffic that does come won't be your target audience so they're almost certain to leave without spending a dime. Awesome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Always Sell A Crappy Product&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selling good products online can get you a good reputation. A good reputation can get you repeat sales and new customers. You don't want all this hassle. So find the worst products you can and sell them exclusively. This should damage your reputation to the point where no one wants to bother buying from your site. Be sure to lie about your product too. This will further ruin any kind of credibility you may have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Never Respond To Any Questions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If someone emails you with a question about your website or products on your website, Do Not Reply. Replying could be considered courteous and businesslike. You don't want to come off that way. It's better to just delete any emails from people who were interested enough in your website to take the time to email. Hopefully this will drive them to one of your competitors websites and out of your hair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There you have it folks. Five great ways to ruin any website. So don't blame me if you don't follow these tips and you become an online success story. I've done all I can to try and help out. And now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to write down the URL that's airbrushed on the hood of this Ford Explorer beside me... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-5788235673809891091?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/5788235673809891091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/03/5-ways-to-ruin-any-website.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5788235673809891091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5788235673809891091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/03/5-ways-to-ruin-any-website.html' title='5 Ways To Ruin Any Website'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-6278984919913508104</id><published>2010-03-22T06:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T06:37:33.859-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Death Of Page Rank</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;For a long time now, SEO gurus all over the world have been talking about google page ranking. Page ranking is simply Google's way of measuring your pages accordingly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there is a problem...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More and more we tend to see NO consistency with page ranking at all. Please don't confuse the difference between "page ranking" &amp;amp; "search engine ranking". The two are completely different.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With this method of measurement, we could quickly see how much or how little a person has put into promoting their website. A high rank of 6,7,8,9,10 is sometimes held as something honerable to have for your site but does it really matter?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In short....no!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I mentioned above, page ranking has nothing to do with your search engine success. It (did) have everthing to do with "importance". The only problem is (like so many marketing ventures online), this measurement method is dying off with the rest of them. People online are very intuitive about these sort of things and tend to over saturate ways to beat them and/or improve on them quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People all over the world are even still wondering how to increase their page rank. Now why would they do this???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simple, it's all about prestige. Eventhough marketing experts like myself weigh absolutely no importance on page ranking anymore, there are still literally 1000's of business people out there that consider a high rank a good thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So does trying to increase your website page ranking help you? Not really. What you ultimately want to do is promote your website as much as you can in as many "RELATED" places that you can and let search engines do their own thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Playing into search engines hands won't help your company. Building a great web marketing foundation will attract exactly what you've been after..... MORE EXPOSURE!&lt;br /&gt;Please take this seriously and always be on the look-out for other ways to promote your business, let Google's page rank go and look at the future beyond PR ratings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concentrate your efforts on search engine ranking, engaging through social media, building a website/landing page that engages and converts visitors, offering value to your potential market and becoming a authority in your niche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Question: Who you rather deal with, a company that offers expert advice, has great recommendations and has engaged with you online or a company with a Page Rank 6 website?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answer: R.I.P Page Rank&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-6278984919913508104?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/6278984919913508104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/03/death-of-page-rank.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/6278984919913508104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/6278984919913508104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/03/death-of-page-rank.html' title='The Death Of Page Rank'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-7179241227119048548</id><published>2010-03-04T07:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T07:47:04.705-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SEO for inner website pages</title><content type='html'>Many search engine optimization efforts are focused on pushing the home page of a site. This is a fundamental mistake that can result in the site missing out on a lot of traffic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In nearly every case, a site should be designed to draw traffic through both the home page and various internal pages. Home pages, obviously, can be tailored to the primary keyword phrases you are seeking, but don’t forget the minor pages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always find it odd when people ask which keyword phrase they should try to optimize for on their site. They become a bit flummoxed when I tell them to optimize for all of them. The only question is which keywords should appear on which pages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, the site NomadJournals.com sells writing journals for outdoor activities such as fly fishing, traveling, hiking, bird watching and so on. So, which of these subjects should be used as the keyword phrase for the home page? None! Instead, the generic term “writing journals” was chosen. But what about the specific journal subjects?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The individual pages on the site promoting each journal are optimized for the specific product. The fly fishing journal page is optimized for fly fishing keywords, the travel page for travel keywords and so on. The end result of this is the home page is appearing high in “writing journals” search results, while each of the internal journal pages are also appearing high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This can often lead to an interesting visitor situation. As you review your server stats, you may start noting a majority of your traffic is coming in through internal site pages, not the home page. In the above Nomad Journals scenario, the travel journal page far outdraws the home page, which makes for a nice revenue increase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The home page of a site is critical in a search engine optimization campaign. Just keep in mind it isn’t the only page that can draw free traffic and revenues to your site.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-7179241227119048548?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/7179241227119048548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/03/seo-for-inner-website-pages.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/7179241227119048548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/7179241227119048548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/03/seo-for-inner-website-pages.html' title='SEO for inner website pages'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-7791533992057672855</id><published>2010-02-22T01:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T01:50:51.300-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why you should focus on your word-of-mouth advertising.</title><content type='html'>One of the biggest reasons people don't buy is lack of trust. Your product or service can be astounding, but if prospects don't trust you, they won't buy. A word-of-mouth referral comes with a high degree of trust compared to other advertising methods. The more trust your prospect has in you, the easier it is to sell. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So why not invest in your word of mouth advertising? Why not make it easier for people to refer you? Well this is where your web site comes in!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are 5 ways to use your web site to boost your word of mouth advertising: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Tell all your word-of-mouth advertisers about your web site.&lt;br /&gt;Often, a business will either put up their web site for the first time or make significant updates and not tell anyone. People who can potentially refer you business ought to be aware of your web site. So when you put up a web site or make significant updates, let everyone know about it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Get your web site on all your points of contact.&lt;br /&gt;This will help spread the word about your web site. In addition to putting your web site name on brochures and business cards, put it on the not-so-obvious places like your emails, voice mail greeting, and customer receipts. The more times people hear about your web site, the more they will share it when telling people about you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Put your referral program on your web site. &lt;br /&gt;Having a page on your web site that explains your referral program will help others be more effective at sending leads your way. On this page, make it clear how to refer business to you and what kind of business you are looking for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Put your special offers on your site.&lt;br /&gt;Special offers are good for getting prospects to take action. They also can make referring people to you easier. For example, instead of saying, "My friend Joe is a plumber, he can help you," a referrer can say, "My friend Joe is a plumber, go to his web site, and you can get 10% off!" After you put your offers on your web site, let the people who will refer you know about them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Give free information on your web site.&lt;br /&gt;Free information is a good way to make referring people to your web site easy to do. It can be as easy as saying, "Oh, go check out Jen's web site. There's a lot of good free advice there." Everyone wants good free advice. Let everyone who may refer you business know about the free information on your web site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wouldn't it be great if people who used to say, "Hey, my friend Ann is a graphic designer, umm, I have her card somewhere." can now say, "Hey, my friend Ann is a graphic designer, visit her site at www.anndesign.com so you can get free design samples?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In conclusion, use your web site to boost your word of mouth referrals. By doing so, you will attract prospects that have a higher degree of trust, and you will have an easier time closing sales.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-7791533992057672855?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/7791533992057672855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-you-should-focus-on-your-word-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/7791533992057672855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/7791533992057672855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-you-should-focus-on-your-word-of.html' title='Why you should focus on your word-of-mouth advertising.'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-5986456115121483587</id><published>2010-02-18T08:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T08:39:06.216-08:00</updated><title type='text'>10 Popular Social Media Platforms</title><content type='html'>1.Digg – A website that lets users discover and share content by submitting links and stories, and then voting and commenting on these submitted links and stories. Good quality content is often described by SEO enthusiasts as ‘diggable’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.Technorati – An internet search engine for blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.del.icio.us – A social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.Yahoo! Answer – A community-driven knowledge market website by Yahoo! that allows users to submit questions to be answered and answer questions asked by other users.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.Flickr – An image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.Reddit – A social news website on which users can post links to content on the web.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.Wikipedia – A free, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by Wikimedia Foundation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.YouTube – A video sharing website where users can upload, view, and share video clips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.StumbleUpon – An internet community that allows its users to discover and rate web pages, photos and videos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.Newsvine – A community-powered news website which draws content from its users and syndicated content from mainstream sources.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-5986456115121483587?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/5986456115121483587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/10-popular-social-media-platforms.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5986456115121483587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5986456115121483587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/10-popular-social-media-platforms.html' title='10 Popular Social Media Platforms'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-2046548424416282001</id><published>2010-02-16T02:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-16T03:00:30.989-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Landing Page Design</title><content type='html'>Here are some tips to design a good landing page . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.Content Relevance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your landing page content must be relevant to what people were looking for when they applied the click through. The closer the match is the higher the chances of conversion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.Be Concise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Generally, when people surf the Internet they give short attention span to what they are reading. So be concise. When visitors arrive at your landing page they are already predisposed to buy, or they want to get more information of your product or service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.Get straight to the point&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The landing page is a highly customized marketing copy for your product or service or affiliate product or service. Don't distract your visitors with advertisements, links to other web pages. Don't let your visitors wade through a whole bunch of hosh posh before they get to want they want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.Focus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dedicate one landing page to only one product or service. Don't try to promote multiple products (unless they are of the same product group) or services on one page. Create separate landing pages and campaigns if you have multiple products or services to promote. Focus on one product or one product group on each landing page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.Be Factual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use facts and figures instead of generalities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;General: Prices Reduced&lt;br /&gt;Factual: Prices Reduced by 20 percent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.Clear Call to Action&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell your visitors what you want them to do. Buy now, click here to download, fill in name and email address to subscribe or whatever. Keep all call to action text in bold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.Readable Text&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sure, there's nothing much to look at a page with white background and black fonts. But it's definitely easier to read the text than a red&lt;br /&gt;background with black fonts. Remember, it's the words that sell. Your website visitors must be able to read your text with ease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.Navigation Links&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not at all, if you could help it. The only link you want your website visitors to click on your landing page is the call to action link.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.Graphics and Images&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep visual effects to a minimum unless you are running an online audio or video business, real estate business, or selling holiday destinations. Keep in mind that for direct marketing it's the words that sell. Graphics and images serve only to enhance your text communication, not cloud it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-2046548424416282001?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/2046548424416282001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/landing-page-design.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/2046548424416282001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/2046548424416282001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/landing-page-design.html' title='Landing Page Design'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-81436322507283332</id><published>2010-02-14T07:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T07:05:56.052-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Domain Name Renewals</title><content type='html'>Domain registration and domain name renewals can be loaded with problems if you are not careful in selecting your registrar and fully understanding the terms and conditions associated with renewing domain names.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a general rule, when renewing domain names - don't leave it to the last minute! Domain name renewal should occur at least 2 months ahead of expiration. Your domain name registration period will continue to run from the expiration date so you don't lose by earlier domain renewals.&lt;br /&gt;If you have multiple domains, create a spreadsheet or database - or simply a word document with your domain details and domain name renewal schedule so you always can keep track of domain expirations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moving a domain around renewal time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If for whatever reason you are unable to move the domain to a new registrar, and the registrar is not giving you major issues. Go ahead and renew the domain name. In a couple of months; after doing your research, you find another registrar you want to move the domain name to. Move the domain name. You will keep the time you have already invested in with the old registrar. Most registrars require that you sign up for at least a year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is *usually* no issues in transferring registrars. It would be wise to check with your registrar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-81436322507283332?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/81436322507283332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/domain-name-renewals.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/81436322507283332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/81436322507283332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/domain-name-renewals.html' title='Domain Name Renewals'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-2858618539510872324</id><published>2010-02-11T01:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T01:49:39.790-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Here are top online trends for the next 12 months.</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Mobile Web&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every web-savvy business knows smartphone use is on the rise. But few are actively developing for mobiles by creating websites specifically used for handheld devices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As more and more mobile users flock to gadgets with larger touchscreens and internet browsers, such as the iPhone or Google Nexus One, the mobile space will become bigger and SMEs need to get on board. If your website isn’t accessible through a smartphone or app, users will give up and go somewhere else losing you traffic and potential sales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovum analyst Nathan Burley says the number of people taking up smartphones instead of traditional handsets will require businesses to develop mobile websites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“In our view there are two big trends that will occur in 2010. That is mobile broadband and the adoption of smartphones, and the impact of those two things on the industry. This is changing the way people access the internet, and that is in mobile.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The big change is that these smartphones are allowing people to use tools in the same way a laptop did in the past, which is opening more users to the internet on the go.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Thomas, chief executive of SEO firm Reseo, says 2010 will be “the year of the mobile”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I think mobile search is definitely here. Google is throwing a lot of money at mobile, and it’s going to be really interesting to see how businesses leverage that.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SEO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using search engine algorithms in order to get your site on “page one” has been a tactic used by online businesses for years. But SEO experts say the process of getting a website known will become even harder in 2010 with the rise of personalised and real-time search.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social network Twitter sparked a trend when it designed the first popular real-time search engine. When users search for a term, the site would update that search with new “tweets” as they were being made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google has recently introduced a real-time search function of its own, complete with indexed tweets, while Microsoft Bing has made a deal to show tweets in search results. But Thomas says while 2010 will see a rise in real-time search traffic, businesses shouldn’t be too keen to pursue a dedicated real-time search strategy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I think people are still trying to figure out what to do with it. Perhaps if there’s a trending topic, such as Copenhagen or climate change, that’s where we could see real-time do some work because there’s an opportunity for someone selling solar panels to come in, using a message like “stop climate change” via solar panels or something. There is some real potential there.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“This is where it could go, but it’s such an active industry, with optimisation and SEO changing. But I always say to our clients, stick to your knitting and don’t do anything silly.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jim Stewart, chief executive of Stewart Media, says real-time search will continue to grow, but businesses need to be aware of the more subtle changes Google is making to its search algorithms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“All of the normal SEO things still apply, even though Google is going forward with things like personalised search. That will surely play a part, but you still have to get on the front page at all before you get into someone’s personal search results.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stewart warns Google will be updating its speed-check feature, through which the engine checks how fast it takes for a user to connect to a website. If a business has any downtime, it could affect search rankings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Stewart also says Google could potentially lose its place as the top search engine, as users could migrate to other offerings or be wary of the company’s search power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I don’t believe the search engine is providing as relevant results as it did this time last year. I’m sure they know it, but it doesn’t seem to be working as well. I’d also love to think that people will begin to start using Bing more and more, but it has to become a better search engine before that happens.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The other thing is privacy. A lot of people already are pretty wary of Google and privacy issues, even to the point where Eric Schmidt said if you’re doing something on the web you don’twant people to know, then maybe you shouldn’t be doing it.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Social Media&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Facebook and Twitter were the standout social networks from 2009, and their popularity will surge in 2010 with both introducing new features, including paid accounts for business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But businesses need to pay attention to the trends on these sites. Creating a social media strategy is no longer optional, it is vital to the health of a company and its ability to tap into an online user-base.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some experts say if you aren’t engaging online, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to gain new customers and fans who will effectively market for you if given enough reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas says 2010 will be the year in which businesses must jump on social media or risk being left behind by the competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“If you don’t have a Facebook fan page you should get in, and if you’re in a community-minded space, where you can offer things like competitions and such, then you’re set.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James Griffin, founder and chief executive of online reputation management company SR7, says this year will see the rise of analysts who will begin to convince businesses to study, track and move operations into social media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Analysts will be versed in understanding and using social media, the quantitative and qualitative reports will empower businesses to implement researched social media strategies and gather market intelligence.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Online Retail&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More and more Australian businesses are selling online, but compared to the US we have a lot of catching up to do. Online spending has grown from 1% to 3% of overall spending over the last 10 years, compared to the American equivalent of 7%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hal Pritchard, founder and chief executive of online kitchenware retailer Everton Online, says 2010 should be the year in which businesses start to realise they cannot operate without an eCommerce offering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The whole market in general is maturing. I think some of the people who didn’t want to do it originally are now deciding they have to do it, because if I count the number of competitors I have now compared to last year, there’s certainly a lot more out there.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pritchard says the biggest trend emerging in Australia is the growth of free shipping, which has allowed retailers in the US to stand out from the crowd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Freight is getting lower and is free in some places, which I suspect is going to be a general trend as competition hots up. Margins will get even tighter, and affording these things will&lt;br /&gt;be difficult, but I think it’s one of the things that are happening.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We seem to be following the US as we progress, and we’re less far behind and I think that free freight is the next thing. But it’s not just about that, it’s about pushing the boundaries and staying on the edge, not just having a good website. The people who can innovate and stay ahead will do well.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advertising&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The internet advertising industry continued to grow in 2009 and will do the same in 2010, but the next 12 months is expected to see the ongoing development of mobile advertising.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year the Interactive Advertising Bureau forecast the online ad market to pass $2 billion by next month, representing a 27% increase from 2008. While the downturn forced spending down in 2009, it’s safe to assume that figure will rise in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mobile advertising scene is fairly new, so naturally few SMEs are actually investing in the sector. But Apple’s recent acquisitions of Quattro, along with Google’s purchase of AdMob, shows the big players are serious about the mobile space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Thomas says businesses should think about advertising on prominent sites such as social networks, in order to keep up with the market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“In the last 12 months we have started various campaigns using Facebook ads with quite good success, and it’s getting better. Businesses should be taking advantage of the solid targeting available through sites like Facebook.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We’re certainly seeing more advertising on Twitter. You have sites now which are allowing companies to hire someone with a million followers to tweet their messages. I mean, it’ll cost&lt;br /&gt;you, but the return on investment of that tweet could be huge.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YouTube senior product manager David King says the growth of viral content, pieces of media published online which gain popularity in a short amount of time, are opening businesses up to new advertising models.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He says if a business finds a piece of content it created on a YouTube video, it can choose to place an in-video or AdWords advertisements rather than claim a copyright violation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“These advertising structures are really geared towards taking control of what users upload. It’s only relevant if you’re uploading content, but if you are a small business and are doing&lt;br /&gt;that, this could be relevant for you.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reputation Management&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most businesses are at least operating a website, but even those rejecting the online space need to be aware of how fast rumours and allegations can fly in the digital age. Several companies have had their reputations tarnished within hours from the activities of either rogue employees, or a botched advertising campaign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Griffin says businesses need to control their reputation by monitoring what people are saying about them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The answer is, companies have been pushed into conducting a social media marketing campaigns without research and without adequately addressing the risk factors associated with social media.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“2010 will see companies embracing the need to address the inherent risks of social media, with enterprises moving towards a scientific and empirically based approach to managing risk.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year, Domino’s Pizza landed itself into trouble when two employees posted a video of themselves handling food unhygienically on the internet. Cotton On experienced backlash on Facebook when it continued to sell baby clothes with slogans such as “They Shake Me”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Griffin says businesses can avoid such catastrophes by carefully monitoring who is talking about their brand, and being ready to address any situation as quickly as it appeared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The many and varied social media ‘fails’ of 2008-2009 will see companies and institutions take a measured, risk-based approach to these platforms.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Auditing, monitoring and analysing social media platforms along with risk mitigation strategies will become standard fare for those companies looking to protect and enhance their brand on social media platforms.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marketing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While mobile advertising may be taking awhile to heat up, many businesses are developing new and interesting mobile marketing campaigns to draw people into their stores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google has developed a system whereby users take a picture of a barcode with their mobile phone and use the search engine to find information. Closer to home, Hoyts Cinemas currently runs a promotion where movie goers with Bluetooth activated on their handsets sometimes receive discount offers via text messages when they walk into a lobby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it isn’t just big companies which are using mobiles for marketing. Peter Shipman, who owns a casual Mexican restaurant in the US, bought ads in university newspapers to advertise a barcode sent through text messages used to claim discounts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;US company Jagtag is now developing a technology used to identify barcodes through camera phones, when it is then sent via text message in order for the user to receive a discount code.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas says this year will see a number of companies bring mobile marketing strategies to the forefront of their campaigns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“There are going to be some really good creative ways people will start to get customers in store, and sending messages out like that… providing they don’t break any spam laws.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We’re going to see these companies start to realise how much activity is occurring through mobiles, and then we’re going to see them respond by commissioning campaigns of their own.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas also says a number of companies will begin to commission mobile apps, especially on the iPhone, purely for marketing purposes. Whether this will gain them revenue or purely open their brand to a new audience, the mobile apps market will become part of an online business’s marketing strategy in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Content&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The growth of the internet has allowed businesses to publish content of their own, including blogs, pictures and even videos. King says SMEs should think about creating some sort of content on YouTube or similar sites such as a tutorial, and see a fan base grow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“There are a lot of smaller to medium-sized businesses which have really operated with a focus of specifically gearing themselves towards publishing on YouTube, and they really make a go of it – and we give them a global audience to do so.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But King warns businesses they must be generating useful content, without the appearance of a blatant marketing pitch, and not be scared of entering a new area where they might not have experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“As these things become more commonplace, consumers love them, but unfortunately businesses which have been relying on older business models do not. I really think they need to get over that a little bit. Ultimately the consumer is right, and they are going to spend their time the way they spend it.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Businesses need to really stay focused on that consumer experience and not get hung up on the comfort of the way things used to be. The more businesses can try and anticipate where things can go as opposed to stopping it, I think that’s the best place to be for them.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open Source&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once upon a time, businesses wouldn’t trust open-source programs in favour of branded, more trustworthy software solutions. But now open-source has given SMEs a way of operating high-end programs without substantial costs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With popular programs such as Mozilla Thunderbird, Open Office, WordPress and Joomla now gaining notoriety, organisations are beginning to realise open-source programs aren’t just technically inferior rip-offs, but legitimate alternatives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A number of organisations, including the British Government and the French police force, have openly supported open-source, while Gartner research from late-2008 indicates the majority of businesses in the Asia/Pacific region took up open-source in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And with the development and popularity of open-source Android operating system continuing to grow, open-source is likely to play a major part in a business’s IT strategy in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cloud Computing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two years ago “cloud computing” was viewed by many businesses as a buzzword with no particular meaning, used by tech-heads who didn’t quite know what they were talking about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, using cloud services has become an essential for businesses. Whether they are backing up their data or using a piece of software hosted on external servers, cloud computing is now a part of everyday operations for many SMEs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cloud services have branched out into three main categories: applications, also known as software-as-a-service, infrastructure, used for data backups, and internal service providers for businesses with customised apps and programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Analyst firm Gartner recently named cloud computing as one of the top strategic technologies for 2010, saying it could be exploited in a number of different ways to customise programs and apps to a particular company’s needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Using cloud resources does not eliminate the costs of IT solutions, but does rearrange some and reduce others. In addition, consuming cloud services enterprises will increasingly act as cloud providers and deliver application, information or business process services to customers and business partners.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;By Patrick Stafford in Featured&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-2858618539510872324?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/2858618539510872324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/here-are-top-online-trends-for-next-12.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/2858618539510872324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/2858618539510872324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/here-are-top-online-trends-for-next-12.html' title='Here are top online trends for the next 12 months.'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-5718456772009729953</id><published>2010-02-08T01:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T02:05:10.197-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Benefits of Directory Submissions</title><content type='html'>Internet users need a viable method of locating the sites related to their information needs.  There are thousands of sites and many add to the volume every day.  You could add latest content, improve the aesthetics of the site and make it more easily navigable.  Yet, there is no way someone would find anything about your site unless you submit links to your site to web directories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Directory submission is an important element of making your website more approachable on the Net.  A directory is an Internet resource of related links that could have useful information for the user.  Directories were in vogue long before search engines happened. Despite the preference for search engines, directories retain their popularity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main advantage of web directories is in providing good rankings on search engines.  Out of the many parameters that search engines use to rank your site, links to the site are most relevant. Naturally, more the links, better the ranking. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The relationship between directory submission and search engine rankings is akin to a referral plan. The site with more referrals through links in several directories gets a higher rank. The crawling spider mechanism of the search engines is effective in locating the links for exact keywords related to a topic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Search engines crawl through the links and add the site pages to their index.  Therefore, your site is ranked automatically. For a new website, this could be an easier method of finding a place in the search engine listings. Registering with the search engines could be difficult and or expensive for a start up. But, getting noticed through directory submission is the ideal choice in such cases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Directory submission is an ethical way of building the marketing plan for your website. Search engines have a serious view on the reciprocal links that is used as a fraudulent method of building link pages.  On the other hand, one-way links into directories help search engines reach your pages quickly.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another great factor in favor of submitting to directories is the specific target of keywords or phrases that can be achieved. Directories allow links to the site with keywords describing your site.  Therefore, search engines rank the site higher than other for the given terms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cost wise too, directory submission is advantageous. Most directories are free to submit to. It therefore makes business sense to submit to as many directories as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether you approach the directories yourself or use directory submission services, you need to keep a few points in mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;? Maintain quality content.  Most directories have editorial discretion to reject content they feel objectionable, namely, child pornography, libel, infringing on intellectual property rights or abetting illegal activity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;? Do not submit sites that contain overlapping or repetitive content under different URLs. Also do not provide links to sites that direct to another address.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;? Do not submit ‘Under construction’ sites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep to these simple rules and start sumbitting!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-5718456772009729953?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/5718456772009729953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/benefits-of-directory-submissions.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5718456772009729953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5718456772009729953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/benefits-of-directory-submissions.html' title='The Benefits of Directory Submissions'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-5314180967254914609</id><published>2010-02-05T02:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-05T02:15:44.652-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Four Quick Ways To Generate Website Traffic</title><content type='html'>The first technique is the easiest and simplest way to generate traffic and it is free. Put your link in your email signature. Email signatures are not intrusive to the receiver. If you do not know exactly what you want to put in your signature, do a search on the internet for email signature examples. Once you have your email signature ready, go under your options and set it to automatically appear at the bottom of your email. Now every time you send an email, your links will be displayed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second technique for gaining inexpensive generated traffic is by joining some topic specific forums. This is a great way to meet and learn from others. You generate traffic by putting your links in your signature box. Now, the thing you need to remember is not to just post messaging in the forums promoting your opportunity. This is called spamming and will be quickly removed by forum moderators. You passively promote your business opportunity by adding meaning content to the topic being discussed. Others will see your links in the signature box and visit your site if interested. Join 3 or 4 forums and make entry in each on a daily basis. Before long, your site will be getting extra exposure at no cost except for the time needed to post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third technique for generating inexpensive traffic is blogging. Blog is short for Web Log. Blogging is publishing your thoughts or interest through an electronic medium. You can get a free account at http://www.blogger.com. Set you up an account. You are allowed to have multiple blogs. Use you blog to publish things about your product or service. Then use http://www.pingomatic.com or http://www.pingoat.com. These two websites will let other blogging services that you have updated your sites. On your blog, promote your links. Keep your content update and fresh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last technique is writing articles. This is a great inexpensive traffic generator. Article writing can be fun and interesting. You may think that you cannot do this, but you can. This is probably one of the best form of advertising your product or service. You promote your product or service by putting your links at the bottom of your articles in the resource box. The resource box is like an email signature box. If you are having problems writing the articles, do a search for article writing software. This will help your writing experience easier. Now just remember that this will be a slow process, unless you just turn out article after article. When your articles are ready, submit to some of the ezine directories.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-5314180967254914609?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/5314180967254914609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/four-quick-ways-to-generate-website.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5314180967254914609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5314180967254914609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/four-quick-ways-to-generate-website.html' title='Four Quick Ways To Generate Website Traffic'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-1158329102468890431</id><published>2010-02-04T01:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T01:03:28.067-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Keywords, Links and PageRank</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Keywords are intrinsically related to search terms – words and phrases that people enter into a search engine to find specific information. Most people enter 2 to 5-word phrases in Google to find what they are looking for. Google in turn analyzes all pages in its index and lists the pages which contain those search terms. Each web page usually contains one or two keywords that are repeated more often than others throughout the site. These keywords dictate the “theme” of a website. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, Google analyzes other sites that contain links to your site. Specifically, Google looks to see if the text of a link (the clickable portion) that points to your site also contain those same keywords. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Page importance is all about links - their quantity, quality, and strength, which we will discuss later on. This part of the algorithm includes Google PageRank (PR).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Google looks for links that point to your site from other websites. Google believes a link from website A to website B is a “vote” for the importance of website B. In this way, other websites add votes for your website, which in turn helps increase a pages PageRank value on your site. Each page on your site has a PR value. Usually the PR value is the highest for the home page as most people will link to your home page rather than another page on your site.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The more web pages that link to your site, and the more important in turn those pages are, the more important Google thinks your site is and hence the higher your PageRank value. Moreover, it is the quality, as well as the quantity, of links that matter – not all links are valued the same. Keep in mind that PageRank is but a single (albeit important) factor used in ranking.&lt;br /&gt;Sites that are highly optimized for on-page factors can outrank sites that are less optimized but have higher PageRank. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PageRank value is assigned after comparing every page in the Google index against one another. This is billions and billions of web pages. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note that PageRank does NOT factor in keywords or phrases used on your site. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-1158329102468890431?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/1158329102468890431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/keywords-links-and-pagerank.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/1158329102468890431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/1158329102468890431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/keywords-links-and-pagerank.html' title='Keywords, Links and PageRank'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-6749167842553328819</id><published>2010-02-03T01:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T02:03:51.739-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Choosing a Domain Name</title><content type='html'>Google, being the largest and most used search engine and is extremely important to optimize your website for. As a matter of fact, if you optimize your website just for Google you’d find your rankings in Yahoo! and MSN will jump up higher than your ranking in Google. I’ve optimized many websites that show up in at least the top 10 listings in Google and found that in each case they ranked higher in Yahoo! and MSN usually in the top 3 positions with most in the number one spots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most everyone agrees that with Google content is king. So writing good copy with just the right amount of keyword phrases, for keyword density is important. And natural anchor text links is second to the throne, which takes lots of work and proper timing to do properly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Third in line are keyword phrases, which need to be researched to find the right phrase for you and not used to often in the content/text to get the right density. Used to often and you’ll hurt your ranking. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fourth in line are the Meta Description Tag which when used properly can actually bring visitors to your website who wouldn’t normally come there. Of course there are several other factors involved with getting that elusive number one spot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what most everyone often overlooks is what I call the fifth element which Google uses to determine their ranking of a website and that's the domain name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People, even SEO companies, don’t either know the importance of the domain name to Google or take the time to chose the proper name for the website. Most just use their company name or what they conceder a "Cool" name for their websites. Now, unless your company is well known or at least well known in its field, using a basically unknown company name is pointless. Even more pointless is the "Cool" name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The entire reason you optimize your website is to get visitors from search engines, so why not use all the tools available to get the best ranking possible for your website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use your domain name as one of those tools. Instead of your company name or the "Cool" one, use a keyword phrase, one that describes your product or service. Take your time in choosing the proper name. Make sure that it will work best for your website. If you not sure ask your friends and relatives what keywords they would use to find your product or services on the Internet. You might be surprised at what they would use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have the keyword phrase that you know will work. But before you jump online and get that domain name there are a couple of things you may still need to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's say you're the owner of Mike's Bikes and you specialize in Colorado Mountain Bikes so you figure to kill two birds with one stone and use the domain name mikescoloradomountainbikes.co.uk to keep your name in it along with using the keyword phrase. Now this might make sense to you but you’re not Google. You're not going to like it but you need to drop the mikes out of the name because it's dead weight. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We would always advise to buy a keyword phrase domain ( e.g. mikescoloradomountainbikes.co.uk) for SEO and your comoany name ( e.g. mikesbikes.co.uk ) for branding to use on business cards, leaflets, vans etc&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-6749167842553328819?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/6749167842553328819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/choosing-domain-name.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/6749167842553328819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/6749167842553328819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/choosing-domain-name.html' title='Choosing a Domain Name'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-8431556878025750100</id><published>2010-02-01T01:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T01:28:47.998-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Article Submission Tips</title><content type='html'>Article Submission Tips &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;1. Make sure to properly check the guidelines of various article directories - some directories will strip out HTML and some don't. Make sure you take proper care of that in order to obtain maximum links with good anchor texts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Don't use the same article(s) that you submit to article directories ON your website as that may trigger duplicate filters of search engines. If you want to, atleast tweak your article a bit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Don't make too many links to your website in your article - as the chances of your article being approved decreases. As a rule of thumb, get one link in 'Article Body' and two links in 'Author Bio' - this works well for most of the article directories. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Find as many article directories as possible that are related to the content on your own site. Google this: &lt;br /&gt;"your keyword here" submit article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Don't publish your email address while submitting to article directories - as you know what that means? SPAM!!! - or you may make a separate email account for this purpose. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Your article should be submitted in the correct category. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Consistency is the key. It is a fact that as more and more articles are added to the article directories, your article will go lower in the listings, but if you constantly and consistently submit new articles, then you will continue to reap the benefits.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-8431556878025750100?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/8431556878025750100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/article-submission-tips.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8431556878025750100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8431556878025750100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/02/article-submission-tips.html' title='Article Submission Tips'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-5464264627503889869</id><published>2010-01-29T03:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-29T03:20:28.569-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Protecting yourself online</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The ten worst passwords on the web, and why you really should read this article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re not fooling anyone with that “123456” password of yours. “Password” isn’t much better, and sorry ladies, but “princess” is also no good. These are among the findings in a report released by Imperva, a data security firm that analyzed 32 million passwords recently exposed in the Rockyou.com breach. Not only did they identify the most common, and thus easily-guessable passwords, but they also suggested some effective methods for creating secure ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rockyou.com is a website where users can develop apps to use on social networking sites. Last December, a hacker gained access to all of Rockyou’s members’ usernames, email addresses and passwords (which had been stored in plain, unencrypted text) and posted the passwords to the Internet. Given that many people use the same username and password for all of their online dealings, such as banking, the results could have been disastrous. Fortunately, the perpetrator seemed to be mainly interested in exposing Rockyou’s insufficient security, as they didn’t post the usernames or emails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imperva analyzed the hacked data, and compiled their findings in the Consumer Password Worst Practices report. Of the 32 million passwords involved, the ten most common were:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•123456&lt;br /&gt;•12345&lt;br /&gt;•123456789&lt;br /&gt;•Password&lt;br /&gt;•iloveyou&lt;br /&gt;•princess&lt;br /&gt;•rockyou&lt;br /&gt;•1234567&lt;br /&gt;•12345678&lt;br /&gt;•abc123&lt;br /&gt;It was found that almost half of the members used names, slang words, proper words, or trivial passwords such as consecutive digits, or adjacent keys on the keyboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, what sort of password SHOULD people be using?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imperva made the following recommendations:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•It should contain at least eight characters (30% of users had passwords that were six letters or less)&lt;br /&gt;•It should contain a mix of four different types of characters (i.e: upper case, lower case, numbers, symbols)&lt;br /&gt;•It should not be a name, word, or contain any part of your name or email address&lt;br /&gt;The report also suggests using a different password for every website, not sharing your passwords with third parties, and using the first letters of each word in a sentence as your password (For instance, “this little piggy went to market” would be “tlpWENT2m”).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The data provides a unique glimpse into the way that users select passwords and an opportunity to evaluate the true strength of passwords as a security mechanism,” said Imperva CTO Amichai Shulman. “Never before has there been such a high volume of real-world passwords to examine.” &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Source gizmag.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-5464264627503889869?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/5464264627503889869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/protecting-yourself-online.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5464264627503889869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5464264627503889869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/protecting-yourself-online.html' title='Protecting yourself online'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-1543621728393022932</id><published>2010-01-28T09:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T10:00:03.887-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What shoud you put on your website?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Websites and the internet can seem extremely complex, and on certain levels they are, but the fundamentals are simple. Don't let 'experts' baffle you with science. Have faith in common-sense principles and your own experience when using websites. Here are some basic rules for good internet and website marketing, and particularly for creating effective business-to-business websites:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KISS - as the saying goes - "keep it simple, stupid". people want information quickly, clearly, no-nonsense. Remember your own frustrations when using unnecessarily complex websites. Make your own website easy to use and to convey your improtant messages. Aim for simplicity and ease of use in all functionality.&lt;br /&gt;The internet and the website medium are ideally suited to specialised providers, suppliers, companies, etc., so try to specialise and be the best in what you offer within that specialisation on the web.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give as much as you can free online from your website - material that can be printed or downloaded, or information that can be read from the web page are all good worthy free things to offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A website should be like a shop - think about it in the same way - ease of access to what you want - make browsing easy - layout clear and clean - the experience should be warm and welcoming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remove obstacles like registrations and password requirements as far as possible - these are barriers to visitors - shops don't have barriers and registration requirements do they?...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fancy graphics visual effects please designers but not customers - fancy complicated design puts people off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots of text is good - if it's relevant search engines like lots of text too, but it must be relevant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep information up-to-date - many search engines take account of update frequency, so update your website frequently (ie, weekly at least) even if it's just small changes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Offer what people are interested in - not what you want to push.&lt;br /&gt;Good websites will be found by most search engines - don't pay for regular submissions services unless you have a very complicated and extensive internet and website strategy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sign up to an internet marketing course such as The IMIC at &lt;a href="http://www.blueethos.co.uk/innercircle.html"&gt;http://www.blueethos.co.uk/innercircle.html&lt;/a&gt; and learn about the tools you can use to design and measure your website's performance in relation to the web as a whole - especially what people are searching for, how they find websites, and what yoiu can do to optimise your own website. For example, Google Trends is very useful tool for assessing the relative popularity of website search terms. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-1543621728393022932?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/1543621728393022932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-shoud-you-put-on-your-website.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/1543621728393022932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/1543621728393022932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-shoud-you-put-on-your-website.html' title='What shoud you put on your website?'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-960038476676244006</id><published>2010-01-27T11:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T11:15:49.154-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The IMIC</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I am loving the Blue Ethos IMIC and would advise any business to get on the course now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IMIC is a 52 part Internet Marketing Course where you will learn to build a highly successful Internet business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IMIC offers Internet Marketing Training on how to harness the power of the Internet to sell products online and promote your business. We will teach you how to market and promote your business online, sell online and drive new leads and customers to your websites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Is How To Succeed Online&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IMIC provides you with everything you need to know to promote and market your business online. Whether you are a complete beginner with no experience or your already getting regular business from the internet, the IMIC is a one stop shop to all the training, tools, services, and support that you need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learning how to make the most from the internet can be a challenge. But at Blue Ethos we have created a step by step system that anybody with the ability to type and email can use to produce fantastic results for their business. We have taken all the guess work out of internet marketing and broken the whole process down into 52 bite sized chunks that you can work through at your own pace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read more at &lt;a href="http://www.blueethos.co.uk/innercircle.html"&gt;http://www.blueethos.co.uk/innercircle.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-960038476676244006?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/960038476676244006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/imic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/960038476676244006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/960038476676244006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/imic.html' title='The IMIC'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-7422032129496955015</id><published>2010-01-26T02:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T03:02:17.239-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New website for West Midlands Businesses</title><content type='html'>A new site for West Midlands peeps has been launched and i am loving it! We have signed for a premium listing and are starting to get traffic to our website from it all ready.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connect WM provides effective local exposure for West Midlands businesses allowing them to connect with each other and with the West Midlands people. Is your business based within the West Midlands region? if so why not get yourself connected on Connect WM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit &lt;a href="http://www.connectwm.com/"&gt;http://www.connectwm.com&lt;/a&gt; to see what its all about!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-7422032129496955015?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/7422032129496955015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-website-for-west-midlands.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/7422032129496955015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/7422032129496955015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-website-for-west-midlands.html' title='New website for West Midlands Businesses'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-8706638655155776288</id><published>2010-01-18T12:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T12:41:44.730-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ways to make money online?</title><content type='html'>There are lots of ways to make money online -- here are some ideas to get you started.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Affiliate products. As an affiliate, you sell someone else's product for a percentage of the sale, and they take care of the rest. It's a risk-free way to make money online, because all you have to do is sell the product -- you don't have to worry about stocking, shipping or anything else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Sell a service. The Internet is the ideal place to make money online by selling a service. Whether you deliver your service locally or via the Internet, you can easily make money online selling your service. Think of what you're good at, and then build a simple website to sell your service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Electronic products. If you are serious about making money online, consider selling a downloadable electronic product. The beauty of electronic products is once they're created, you can make money online selling them over and over, without any additional cost to you! Consider writing an eBook on a subject you have unique knowledge on (and EVERYONE has something they're good at!) and make money online marketing your eBook to a niche market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Else Can I Sell to Make Money Online?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Paid subscriptions and memberships. If you've got your finger on the pulse of an industry that changes often, or access to exclusive information not available anywhere else, you can make money online selling a paid subscription to a newsletter. Or, if you have the ability to bring together people who have mutual interests, consider a membership site to make money online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Physical products. Selling a physical product online will cost you a bit more up-front, but if you want to make money online, you might want to try it. Make sure there is DEMAND for your product before you start sourcing it by doing keyword research. If the research tells you there's a market, go for it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Article by www.marketingtips.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-8706638655155776288?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/8706638655155776288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/ways-to-make-money-online.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8706638655155776288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8706638655155776288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2010/01/ways-to-make-money-online.html' title='Ways to make money online?'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-6573770146020838597</id><published>2009-12-16T08:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T08:33:18.252-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas</title><content type='html'>Hi Guys,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year we have decided to send e-cards to everyone and donate the money we would have spent on sending real cards to charity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href="http://www.macmillan.org.uk/donate/ecards/ecards_collection.aspx?sid=ECC092AD1E7B8F8F0CC4144257B0B8B8"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to view your e-card!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope you all have a Christmas and we will speak to you all in the New Year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please note we will be closing on Friday and will be opening again on the 4th of January so if you have any enquiries please either drop us an email which will answer in the New Year or give us a call on the 4th. If your enquiry is urgent then please make your email as urgent and we will try an attend to it before the New Year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MERRRY CHRISTMAS!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-6573770146020838597?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/6573770146020838597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/6573770146020838597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/6573770146020838597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-8014322813596421709</id><published>2009-10-02T06:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T06:19:18.025-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bing!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;We have noticed an increase in traffic coming to our customers sites from the Search Engine "Bing". Microsoft launched Bing a few months ago is gaining more users per month. Our server stats show Bing is coming in 3rd for used search engines, with Google still in first place and Yahoo in second. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;With an increase in people turning to Bing for interent serches we have been working on SEO tactics to get the most out Bing. If would like a free report on how your site is performing on Bing them email us with your website details and we will send you a free report over!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;So get emalling and send to &lt;a href="mailto:sales@anchorpromotions.co.uk"&gt;sales@anchorpromotions.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-8014322813596421709?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/8014322813596421709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/10/bing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8014322813596421709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8014322813596421709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/10/bing.html' title='Bing!'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-5510986235132851591</id><published>2009-07-31T04:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T04:22:59.899-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How will Google find your website after 31st July?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;We are now offering a Social bookmarking service on the top 100 High Page Ranked social bookmarking sites. These social bookmarking sites can be used to grab nice juicy inbound links for your websites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why is this important?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When search engines calculate the relevance of a site to a keyword, they consider the number of QUALITY inbound links to that site. So we should not be satisfied with merely getting inbound links, it is the quality of the inbound link that matters. Building quality inbound links is extremely important to Search Engine Optimization, and because of their importance, it should be very high on your priority list in your SEO efforts. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It just so happens that Google and other search engines LOVE social bookmark sites!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How much does this cost?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For 100 inbound links from the top 100 social bookmarking sites £55 per URL&lt;br /&gt;For 50 inbound links from the top 100 social bookmarking sites £37 per URL&lt;br /&gt;What do I need to get started?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just reply to this email with a telephone number we can contact you on and one of our team will go through the details with you over the phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How long will it take?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will get a detailed report after the completion of the social bookmarking submissions to verify link placements within 72 hours of placing the order.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are the benefits?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.      Targeted traffic&lt;br /&gt;2.      Increase in traffic&lt;br /&gt;3.      Improved search engine rankings&lt;br /&gt;4.      Increased brand awareness&lt;br /&gt;5.      More leads&lt;br /&gt;6.      More sales&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do other people say?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Excellent service provider - the service is of a very high quality with great communication. Report delivered on time and as promised - will be using again on a continual basis”&lt;br /&gt;“Great service - would highly recommend”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“If anyone else is considering using this service, remember, it's not always about quantity - it's the quality - and quality back links are what you are getting here.Since using this service my page moved from #37 on Google to #3”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“By the way, I have had another page on my blog leap 50 places in Google since using your service. This is why I am coming back for more”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;All you have to do is call us on 0800 988 5722  so one of our team can take the necessary details from you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-5510986235132851591?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/5510986235132851591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-will-google-find-your-website-after.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5510986235132851591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/5510986235132851591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-will-google-find-your-website-after.html' title='How will Google find your website after 31st July?'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-8278493855683778416</id><published>2009-06-04T01:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T01:16:09.977-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Earn money with Anchor Promotions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi Guys,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just to let you know we are re-launching our referral scheme!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As most of you know, every time you a refer a customer to us, and they take out a website, we pay you &lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;£50.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So earn some extra money for your summer hols and start spreading our name now!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Call us on 0800 988 5722!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SieCgJrkj8I/AAAAAAAAABI/ziguI8QuGpQ/s1600-h/Refer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343382971764477890" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SieCgJrkj8I/AAAAAAAAABI/ziguI8QuGpQ/s400/Refer.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-8278493855683778416?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/8278493855683778416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/06/earn-money-with-anchor-promotions.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8278493855683778416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8278493855683778416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/06/earn-money-with-anchor-promotions.html' title='Earn money with Anchor Promotions'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SieCgJrkj8I/AAAAAAAAABI/ziguI8QuGpQ/s72-c/Refer.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-1379279695660450411</id><published>2009-03-16T07:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T08:00:45.369-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ways to Promote your Website</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Ways to Promote Your Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no point in having a new website that looks beautiful if no one knows about it. You must take some active steps to promote your own website. If you are not sure where to begin, here are some steps that are bound to prove useful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Tell everybody you know. There is no need to reach the unknown millions of people out there surfing the Internet. Instead it would be wise if you contact your friends and associates. Look at your e-mail address book and get the word out, tell your business contacts, friends, relatives and ask them to tell their friends too. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Bookmark and home page. When telling everybody about your website, get as many people as possible to bookmark your site. Google tracks how many people bookmark your site. The idea behind this is if they are bookmarking your site then you have relevant content that should be seen by more people. The same theory applies with home page setting. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Link to Authority sites. From the index page you can link to 2-3 high page rank sites related to your industry. Trade Associations and information sites are usually very helpful with this. If you already have one website, make sure that this site is linking to your new site. A website without any incoming links to it will have a very low page rank and will face an uphill battle to be seen in Google search results.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Get a paid inclusion in one of the big search engines. It can take some time to get listed in Google, and other search engines. However there are a few fairly important search engines that have inexpensive express inclusion programs. If you join these programs, then your site will be listed in 48 hours. Inktomi, which provides results for MSN and 100 other search services, has an inclusion program which costs $39 for the first URL that you submit, and subsequent ones cost $25. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The value of the Inktomi submission is that they revisit your URL every 48 hours and if you make changes on the page you can see the results in the MSN listings very quickly. Thus, you can tweak your pages and see how it affects your position. ExactSeek is another such listing service that can publish a link to your site on more than 225 sites for as little as $12.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Add your site to the Open Web Directory and the major search engines. Quality is more important than quantity when it comes to search engine submission. Forget about the sales hype that tells you to add your URL to 300, 000 search engines. Only a few search engines and directories provide the lion's share of Internet traffic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your site is in good shape, no longer under construction, and been indexed then go to www.dmoz.org. This is the Open Web Directory. Find the category where your site fits, and make a submission. If you are accepted here your site will appear in the many search engines and local directories that use the results from the Open Web Directory. Inclusion in this directory usually takes from 3 to 6 months if you are lucky enough to be accepted. Similarly submit your site to Google, Alta Vista and All The Web, these are the remaining giants where you can submit for free.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Start a reciprocal links campaign. Once you have given yourself a link from your other sites or from your designer's page, you can go out and ask other complementary sites for links. Always try exchanging links with sites that have a good page rank for it indicates that the site has good hits and is often visited. Usually companies you deal with, work for or supply you will oblige without question. Remember, quality is more important than quantity. Try to pick the best sites to link to you based on how much traffic they get, what there page rank is, how old the site is ( the older the Better) and how relevant they are to your business. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Write an article about your product or service - If you have a website the chances are that you are an expert in the field that your site is all about. Write an article about your product or service, or write an article related to the subject matter of your site. Submit the article online to various websites and e-mail lists dealing with your topic. The publication of your article in a big e-zine, or on a popular web site can get your new site off to a roaring start.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Join no more than 3 good quality page rank forums with high traffic that are related to your business. You can check the page rank of sites here &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://moonsy.com/my-page-rank.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;http://moonsy.com/my-page-rank.php&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Then join the forum and make 3 good quality posts per day, by both answering other peoples questions or asking of your own. Do not promote your business until you have made at least 100 good quality posts. (follow forum rules at all times) When you are allowed to add a url to your signature make sure you include the full URL (in text format not images) of the site you want to improve. Every post you make will act as a link back to your website from a good quality source.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to check how many links you have to your website you can check that here &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.domain-pop.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;http://www.domain-pop.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Good Luck and remember that it all takes a little time but it is well worth the wait. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Not got a website? Visit &lt;a href="http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk/"&gt;http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; to see what we can do for you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-1379279695660450411?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/1379279695660450411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/03/ways-to-promote-your-website.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/1379279695660450411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/1379279695660450411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/03/ways-to-promote-your-website.html' title='Ways to Promote your Website'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-2388507075359968014</id><published>2009-01-20T08:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T08:23:31.645-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Launch of Web Check Pro</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;We have had so many requests for our SEO health checks we have packaged together a website and SEO health check for all to benefit from. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;With Web Check you do not need to spend £000's trying different methods of promotion and using loads of different companies. Once we have done the initial assessment we provide you with a complete breakdown of our findings in our Web Check Report. Using our unique tools we assess:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Existing Optimisation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Ease of Use&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Sales Potential&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Build Quality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Current Traffic &amp;amp; Traffic Potential&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SXX5p8mevHI/AAAAAAAAAAo/f0BqBVLmQZU/s1600-h/webcheckboxsmall.png"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293411436081364082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 112px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SXX5p8mevHI/AAAAAAAAAAo/f0BqBVLmQZU/s200/webcheckboxsmall.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once we have completed the report you will be given a detailed analysis of our findings, including our recommendations on how to improve your site in less than 7 days. There is no obligation to have the work completed with us, we are happy for you to take our advice and recommendations and do with them as you will. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;However if you decide that we are the company the can deliver the results, then we will take the cost of Web Check off the cost of the work you instruct us to do! What have you got to lose? Web Check is ideal for those that have an existing site that isn't quite generating the right level of business &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read more &lt;a href="http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk/webcheck.html"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;When ordering Web Check quote AP181105 to receive the web exclusive price of only £149&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-2388507075359968014?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/2388507075359968014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/01/launch-of-web-check-pro.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/2388507075359968014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/2388507075359968014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/01/launch-of-web-check-pro.html' title='Launch of Web Check Pro'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SXX5p8mevHI/AAAAAAAAAAo/f0BqBVLmQZU/s72-c/webcheckboxsmall.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-8731319028903729576</id><published>2009-01-15T05:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T05:56:42.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Making the most of Business Cards</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Everyone who runs a business should have a business card. A business card should not only have your basic details on it but also a sales message. Make the most of your cards and use both sides to get across your message. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Give people a reason to keep your card such as a discount code on the back or offering a referral reward.Have your cards designed and printed buy a professional company and ensure the card are printed on atleast 300 gsm board and of the highest print quality. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;We have a great deal on Business Cards running until January 31st 2009. Get your hands on 1000 Business Cards, printed on 350 gsm board, in full colour on both sides, for £ 110. This includes all design work and delivery! Call us now on 0800 988 5722 for more information. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Check out our other design and print services at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-8731319028903729576?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/8731319028903729576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/01/making-most-of-business-cards_15.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8731319028903729576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/8731319028903729576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/01/making-most-of-business-cards_15.html' title='Making the most of Business Cards'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-7849853976877715557</id><published>2009-01-04T12:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T12:41:44.381-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is leaflet dropping a thing of the past?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Many companies such as restaurants, taxis and pizza delivery companies drop leaflets. As it is generally something people keep and it seems to work well, but what about other small businesses? If done correctly leaflet dropping can be a great way to promote your website. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Larger companies such as Sky, Virgin and BT send out mailers, but I don't have their kind of budget I hear you cry. Well the approach we believe works best is quality, not quantity. Find below a few tips on how to make leaflet dropping work for your business : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;1. When you develop the message on your flyer ensure you are solving a problem your customer has with the benefits you offer from your products and services. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;2. Offer an incentive to direct people to your website such as a competition or discount voucher. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;3. Make sure you target your potential customers and research the areas you are dropping. If you are trying to promote a teenage forum then dropping leaflets into retirement homes wouldn't be the best idea! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;4. If you have social aspects such as forums, chat or webcams promote these heavily and offer free sign up with the leaflet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;5. Get you leaflets designed and printed professionally. Nothing is worse than receiving a leaflet designed in word and printed on a home printer. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;6. Leave leaflets/posters in places such as libraries, schools, work notice boards, launderettes . . . anywhere you can as long as you have permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;7. Swap leaflets with other businesses. Offer the leave a pile at your premises where customers can pick one up if they will do the same for you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;8. If you are going to deliver the leaflets yourself remember the leaflet dropping etiquette:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Don't cut across peoples lawns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Close the gate after you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Always push your leaflets all the way through the letter box &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;If you are going to hire someone to deliver them for you ask them to apply the same rules.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;If need help promoting your website online or offline give us a call today on 0800 988 5722 and see what we can do for you. Not got a website? 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Call us on 0800 988 5722 for more info or check our website at &lt;a href="http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk/"&gt;http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-7849853976877715557?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/7849853976877715557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-leaflet-dropping-thing-of-past.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/7849853976877715557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/7849853976877715557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-leaflet-dropping-thing-of-past.html' title='Is leaflet dropping a thing of the past?'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266588879534389962.post-6487582096152413369</id><published>2008-12-21T15:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T15:30:53.602-08:00</updated><title type='text'>7 Great Ways To Promote Your Website Offline</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;So you have a website and have cracked your SEO. What about telling your former and current customers about your site? Need to reach a local market? Try these tested methods of offline marketing for your website and let every know where to find you online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. All of your company’s business cards, letterheads, envelopes, faxes and invoices should display your website address. For a low cost way to update your stationary get stamps made of your URL and stamp everything that leaves your building&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. When potential clients call for information about your company, ask them if they have Internet access and send them to your website. This means they can have the information immediately, without waiting for the postal system, and may help cut down on your postage bills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Have some t-shirts made with your web site address and other business information on them. Your family or friends could wear them almost anywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Have a magnetic sign made with your web site address and other business information. Place it on your car door when you are out and about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Business closed for the day? Why not put up a sign - "Open 24 hours a day on online - www.yourcompany.co.uk"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Include your web address in your answer phone, or line holding message. Let people know that they can find information and enquire about services online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Make sure that any newspaper and other offline ads feature your website address prominently - don't hide it away in the small print!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If need help promoting your website online or offline give us a call today on 0800 988 5722 and see what we can do for you. Not got a website? We offer web solutions tailored to your needs. Call us on 0800 988 5722 for more info or check our website at &lt;a href="http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk/"&gt;http://www.anchorpromotions.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get your website seen with Anchor Promotions Ltd!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3266588879534389962-6487582096152413369?l=anchorpromotions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/feeds/6487582096152413369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2008/12/7-great-ways-to-promote-your-website.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/6487582096152413369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3266588879534389962/posts/default/6487582096152413369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anchorpromotions.blogspot.com/2008/12/7-great-ways-to-promote-your-website.html' title='7 Great Ways To Promote Your Website Offline'/><author><name>Anchor Promotions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00089672156116798141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hS2sr3-89E/SU7BFFn2H2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ivqxuD9fLTY/S220/logo2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
