How are you doing working from home during this Christmas holiday season?  Are you taking time to enjoy this time with your family, friends or for yourself?  Don’t forget to celebrate and create memories during this time along with continuing to work your business!

While going to parties and gathering with family and friends don’t forget to casually mention your industry in some manner.  You never know who is looking for a health program,  needing dental care, looking to purchase jewelry, seeking to find a home based business, etc.  I think you realize what I am getting at!

So, have a Merry Christmas and enjoy the celebrating along with building a great business!

Beverly Blankenship

http://health-discount-cards-sacramento.com

It is hard to believe that we are now in the holidays of 2011!  For all the work from home moms and other business women as well as those who have a brick and mortar business, I hope this has been a very profitable year for you!  I would encourage you to review some of the posts here that can help you move your business forward in 2012!  Please make comments because we  all can help each other become more successful!

Have a wonderful feast and a great Black Friday 2011!

Beverly Blankenship

http://health-discount-cards-sacramento.com

We are fast approaching the fall of 2011!  Where has the summer gone and how much business success has  each of us achieved!

I know we all are continually searching for good ways to market our business online and offline.  I came across some information that I thought we all could take advantage of and I am posting  it below.

What is the most important factor in getting traffic to your website? Your Google page rank. Here are some tips on how to make more money by getting traffic to your website through Google.

Page rank is all about the number of links between your website and other relevant websites. Google is actually interested in links between individual pages of a site rather then just a domain.

The page rank of a web page can be seen in the Google page rank bar on the Google Toolbar. It actually takes 10 links to reach PR1, and then a lot more to reach 2 and up. That’s not all, it also
depends on the actual PR of the page that is linking to your page. Nobody knows the exact formula Google uses to determine your page rank, but there are ways to improve your rank and thus build  your business through more traffic to your site.

Try out these five Google tips to help get more traffic to your website:

1.How can you increase your Google page rank? By increasing the amount of relevant websites that link back to yours. Keep in mind that the links do not need to be specific to your site, but to your specific pages. That’s why it’s called page rank.

TIP: Avoid using link farms or Free For All (FFA) pages!

2. Use keyphrases and not keywords. Keywords are not specific enough anymore to help you rank well in Google due to the large number of websites competing for traffic. Avoid wasting your time  optimizing your pages using keywords only.  By using specific keyphrases where there is less competition you have a much better chance to rank well in Google and to also improve optimizing your pages.

3. Google likes to see a lot of copy on your web pages. The copy text should contain your keyphrases, but should also be informative and helpful. Why would someone visit your website if you just list  your keyphrases?  Your websites copy should encourage your visitors to think, laugh, get upset, get motivated and stay informed. But most importantly should bring them back for more.

TIP: Interesting, informative copy is much more attractive to Google then useless nonsense.

4. The easiest way to find quality backlinks for your site is by installing the free Google Toolbar. With it you can find out the Page Rank (PR) and backlinks for any site you visit and then easily
determine if it is worth the time and effort to link to that site.

5. Choose a short catchy domain name.  If possible, find a keyword for your domain, one that people will remember and that is easy to type into Google or a browser to find what they’re looking for on  the Internet.

We are talking about some work here, but if you want it bad enough then you have to pay the price. Those who take the time to optimize their pages for Google and achieve a high page rank are the  ones with all the traffic.

For more information about getting more traffic to your website be sure to follow the link in the resource box below now.

Copyright 2008 Joe Rispoli

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Joe Rispoli, online marketing expert and owner of UcanTo.com, can help you reach
your online business goals faster with his FREE advertising resources.
You could save thousands of dollars and countless hours of frustration by avoiding marketing
methods that just don’t work.

May you get more traffic and business by using the tips that Joe Rispoli has shared!

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Certainly hope your home based business or brick and mortar business is showing good profits during the month of August.  Which ever business type you have it is very important to stay abreast of social media marketing!

I was reading a post by Hilary Brooks, “Repurposing Content: It Works For Social Media Too!”  She shares great information on repurposing content.  Below is an excerpt from her post:

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As women in business, we are always “on”… and with social media it’s no different. Between LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, the newcomer Google+, and our blogs, we are sharing massive amounts of information on a regular basis.

But how do we make it work for us even more? Repurpose it.

http://www.womenonbusiness.com/repurposing-content-it-works-for-social-media-too

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Be sure to visit Hilary’s blog and make a comment!

Hope this will be a benefit to each of you business ladies!

Until next post,

Beverly Blankenship

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Steps for Success is something that I thought we could all glean from as we near August working our home based business!  Recently, Jim Bellacera, founder of Successful Thinkers gave a presentation on 9 Steps of Success and I have chosen 3 of those for this post!

1.  ALWAYS KNOW YOUR WHY

What is going to motivate you to get up in the morning?  What is going to help you overcome your obstacles?  What is going to keep you in the game when you feel like quitting?  YOU MUST KNOW YOUR WHY!  Be a student, stay true to your goals, be the best you can be and grow your business.
2.  ALWAYS BE A STUDENT

If you are not growing, you will be left behind.  You need to be current in all that you do.  All leaders are in a constant state of personally developing to improve their communication skills, their leadership skills and their speaking skills.

3.  ALWAYS BE POSITIVE AND EDIFY

When you’re down, be positive.  When you’re up, be positive.  When you’re not sure what you should do, be positive.  You want to change your life – go lift someone else’s life up and yours will be lifted too.   ALWAYS  EDIFY – be the person that people say “I like that person”.  That doesn’t happen by accident – people notice those who notice them so be that person that notices others.

I really hope this information will be an encouragement to each of you along with helping you gain success during this busy summer!

Beverly Blankenship

http://mySuccessfulThinkers.com/bizladyca

I discovered this poem on “Not Quitting” and wanted to share it with you.  Some where in our business journey we have probably wanted to “just quit”!  May this poem be an encouragement to you!

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow–
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out–
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit–
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
- Author unknown

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How are you on this first day of June 2011?  Do you have some new networking ideas to start the month off with?  How about different networking groups in your area that are established or maybe just step out and start a like minded group!  I am an ambassador with Successful Thinkers Meet Up Group.  There are approximately 200 groups nationwide and more starting up.  I am going to share some information from Successful Thinkers website below.

http://mySuccessfulThinkers.com/bizladyca

Successful Thinkers was founded by Jim Bellacera for networkers to have a place to network without having to pay fees!!!  What a concept!!!

Successful Thinkers is a new, dynamic concept for individuals who want to be successful in every aspect of their lives.  What makes Successful Thinkers truly unique is that it incorporates the best of technology; Internet, multi-media and the like with the best of personal, face-to-face interaction.

This high-tech, high-touch scenario enables members to fully experience and implement a well-rounded approach to promoting themselves and their business utilizing cutting-edge technology trends and time-tested relationship building techniques.  More importantly, this high-tech, high-touch approach creates an interactive environment where members can experience success for themselves “in the field” rather than just learning about it. If you don’t have a chapter in your area, visit the website above, become an online member, ambassador and start a group!  Pay it forward and build your business by helping others! If I can be of help in you getting a chapter started please contact me by visiting http://www.formerbrokemom.com Have a great month of success, Beverly Blankenship

Are you taking advantage of the simple free ways to market your website or blog?

I wanted to share these tips below that I found at this website:

http://sassysavvygal.blogspot.com/2011/05/some-tips-for-marketing-your-website.html

*Submit to search engines
*Exchange links with other quality websites
*Use Social Networking to get your name out there
*Participate in Forums using your link when you leave a comment.
*Leave comments in blogs using your link
*Use an email signature with a link to your site
*Advertise on free online advertising sites
*Add your site to topsite lists; there are tons of them
*Write articles about your expertise & add them to your site
*Have product reviews done
*Use sites such as Link Referral for traffic   (This does create traffic)
*Write a newsletter and send one regularly

Hope these will increase your website traffic.  Sometimes we forget the simple tips that really work!

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I wanted to write a short post on internet marketing strategies that won’t deplete your bank account!!!  Some of the information you may be familiar with or not but I hope it will be helpful!
Your new business will benefit a lot from various Internet marketing methods. But you don’t have to spend millions of dollars just to get some decent exposure for your company. There are ways to make your business be seen and felt without doing overkill with your advertisement expenses.

Make use of your online power – through Internet marketing. Here are simple methods that you may employ to boost the visibility of your business without shelling out more than what you can afford. However, these techniques need patience and some footwork to produce agreeable results.

Firstly, you need a website before you can make use of these low cost Internet marketing strategies. So go create one or hire a web developer. It will display your products and services. This will be used in employing the following Internet marketing techniques.

1. Affiliate Marketing

This is the process of recruiting a network of smaller websites known as affiliates to drive targeted traffic to a website. Ad copy and links will be provided by the advertisers. You will have to pay a certain percentage of the sales profit to your affiliates.

2. Links

One of your goals should be to attain a good ranking with search engines. One way to do it is through link building. This could be done through trading links to other businesses that are related with yours.

3. Newsletters

Sending out newsletters to your subscribers (those who signed up for your newsletters) will help greatly in establishing a good working relationship with your customers or prospective customers. It has to be short, sweet, consistent and written for a general audience.

4. E-mail Marketing

As one of the best cost-effective Internet marketing tools, it stays as a very important method of keeping your customers aware of your products and services. Just make sure to avoid spamming or soon enough you will have to close down you business due to complaints.

5. Articles

If you put quality content in the form of articles in your website along with your products and services, search engines will have to index your website. Getting you website indexed by popular search engines means more traffic for you.

6. Forums

Expand your Internet network is through joining forums that mainly discusses stuff regarding or related to your products and services. Actively posting responses or answers and asking relevant information will build your reputation as that forum’s member and boost your company’s visibility through your signature files. These signature files are those that go with your every post. Links to your website could be included in this signature.

Visit my website below and request the FREE ebook that can help you build your online business presence.

Have a great week,

Beverly Blankenship

http://www.formerbrokemom.com

Trusting you had a great weekend and ready to learn how to advertise for free online!

We have been learning how to market online with blogs, articles, and different social media sites to grow your home based business.  So, today I want to share how to advertise for free and give you a few online advertising sites.

You can do a search online for “Free Advertising Sites” and post your item or business opportunity.  It would be good to go to http://www.alexa.com and see how the advertising site is rated and if it would be worth your time to use that site.  When you post the ad be sure to stumble it at  http://www.stumbleupon.com to send it across the internet.

Watch this video with Dale Calvert on learning to write ad copy for the ads you want to post!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRO9RpEVpuY&feature=related

http://www.slideshare.net/dalecalvert

Here are a few sites to get you started:

http://www.craigslist.org

http://www.adlandpro.com

http://www.kijiji.com

http://www.backpage.com

http://www.oodle.com

http://www.adpost.com

http://www.inetgiant.com

http://www.epage.com

http://www.salespider.com

Be sure to use your keywords in the ad title as well in the ad.  Also, renew the ad when it expires because the more your information is seen the more exposure you are getting!

Hoping this will help grow your business.  Be sure to visit my website and get the free ebook!

Have a great week,

Beverly Blankenship

http://www.momssuccessfulbiz.com