Four Free and Easy Ways to Increase Your Email List |

You have set up your mailing list, put an opt-in form on your website, but you’ve still got no subscribers.

What gives? Setting up your mailing list is only half the battle; the other half is all about marketing it effectively.

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Choosing An Online Niche

A lot of people new to the online business world make the mistake of choosing a product or service that is considered “hot” at the moment without thinking about the competition level or whether that particular field is saturated or not. This can lead to them ending up spending a fortune on startup costs and advertising and nothing to show for it in the end.

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Website Design Tips For A More Reader Friendly Site

One of my favorite things I like to do when I’m online is browse the Internet, and check out other marketing websites. I’m an avid reader, so when I come across a well-designed website that appears to have an abundance of quality content, I’ll usually spend a few minutes on the site reading that content. And if the site provides a pleasant reader experience, I’ll bookmark it and visit it again.

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Using Strong Keywords

Of all the important parts of creating excellent content, using strong, keyword-rich content is among the most important. Keywords, links and site visits help searchers find your content and website. Without strong keywords your potential visitors won’t find you. If you are not using the same ones in your content and meta tags that searchers use when they begin their search in Google, Bing, or other search engines, your site will not show up in the search results.

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Tips For Sending HTML Emails

People view their emails through many different programs that treat each email differently – Outlook, Lotus Notes, Gmail – and there are also many different screen sizes, from desktops to mobiles. Although we are all able to dictate our own personal settings, people generally use the preview panes to view emails and have an email account that requires them to right click to download the images.

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Dominating Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing is an essential tool for any business. Sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are among the most popular sites regularly visited on the internet and can generate large numbers of visitors and new sales leads.

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Googles Latest Update

If you have a brick and mortar store, and rely on walk-in traffic for your survival, you may be wondering what the Internet can do for your business. Believe it or not, a lot – and you don’t even need a website.

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Be Careful with Automatic Confirmation Emails

When asking a question to a customer service or applying for something by email, (potential) customers often receive an email back to say that their request has been well received and will treated as soon as possible.

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The Future Remains in Mobile in Email Marketing

According to recent data from ABI Research, consumers are increasingly demanding smartphones. It’s only a matter of time before most consumers have a smartphone, especially since by 2014 45% of the smartphones shipped that year will be priced below $200.

From: http://logicpath.com/blog/general/the-future-is-mobile-email-marketing

Linking With Other Websites

Link building is an integral part of any search engine optimization campaign. In this article, we’ll try to cover some things you should watch out for when creating a link building campaign. Hopefully this will help you obtain and maintain the type of quality links to your website that can help launch your site up the resulting page when people search for your preferred keywords.

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Keep Your Business Vision Alive

The problem with many small business owners is that when they get started they’re all gung-ho and working hard, but after they reach some disappointment, they lose sight of their vision and often stop trying as hard. To run a successful business, it is essential to keep your vision alive.

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Link Building In The Social Age

The ever-improving sophistication of the search engines and their ongoing battle with website owners has seen more than just a few movements of the proverbial goalposts.

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