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Blogging- An Important Aspect of Internet Marketing Blogging is an important aspect of internet marketing. If you are competing on the online turf and you still don’t have an official business blog, then you have no idea what you are missing out on. Before, we get started on why you should consider creating an official blog for your business; let’s look at some stats first: Studies show that businesses that blog have about 55% more web traffic then those that don’t blog.... B2C businesses that blog generate approximately 88 percent more leads each month B2B businesses that blog generate approximately 67 percent more leads each month Here are more reasons to include blogging in your internet marketing plan: Helps Create Brand Awareness By creating your official company’s blog you can easily create brand awareness. It serves as a great platform to provide information about the industry you operate in, about your business, products and services, promotions, latest offerings and happenings. By posting valuable, well-written and insightful content you can easily promote your business through your blog. Blogging is great for SEO- It helps Drive Traffic to Your Website In your blog posts you can add popular, relevant and highly search engine keywords and increase your online visibility. By posting blogs weekly with relevant search engine keywords you can improve your business’s search engine ranking and attract more web targeted web traffic. Blogs fare pretty well on search engines like Google if they are updated regularly. Blog Gives Your Brand a Voice A blog can help you manage your online brand reputation and give your business the voice it needs to thrive in the digital landscape. Cost Effective Marketing Investment Every blog post you create and publish is a long term asset that helps build your brand over the web. Attract Heavy Web Traffic By creating an official blog and floating share worthy content you... See more

Over the past 25 years I have learned how to compete successfully in the virtual world. It requires more than just launching a business website. What makes the virtual world ‘bittersweet’ is the fact that it offers every business be it a startup, or an industry giant an equal opportunity to take the lead and enjoy business success. I have seen several new online startups giving established companies a good run for their money over the web and becoming internet success stori...es. So, the real question is how? One key elements you must focus on when developing the internet marketing plan for your business include: Create Killer Content Quality and original content creation is an important element of your online marketing plan. If you have a business website and an official business blog, you must update it with quality content. I would recommend at least 2 to 3 times per week. Creating a blog is one of the best ways to post new content for your website. In future blogs this month I will go into more detail. Frequent content posting encourages search engine crawlers to crawl your site. My technology company CMS Technology Solutions creates websites that allow you to automatically post new content to all of your social media accounts. This automated process makes is easy for you to distribute your content. To get more insights on online marketing and creating your marketing plan, join me for my upcoming NECBA networking/business meeting on May 17, 2014. For more information and to register visit: http://bit.ly/1fY1Aa2 Register Today and I will send you my new e-book for FREE. The entrepreneurs guide to social media. Also feel free to visit our website www.necbusinessassociation.com See more

Today business success is gauged by your business global outreach and market share and this is dependent on your online visibility and search engine ranking. You may be offering the best and the highest quality products/services in your industry and might have spent hundreds of dollars in getting a highly functional, sleek looking and responsive website designed by a professional web designer, but this is no good if your website is not visible in the top search engine results.... Search engine optimization is a vital element of successful internet marketing. It comprises of various tricks and strategies which, if used to your business advantage, you can dramatically improve your search engine ranking. In my one on one business coaching program I will tell you which SEO strategies you should be focusing on to optimize your search engine ranking. Statistics show that search engines are the ultimate venue where consumers initiate their hunt for products and services and choose through the top search engine results. And through search engine optimization you can ensure your website is visible in the top searches for your industry. This helps attract target audience, generate leads and driving more web traffic to your website. To get more insights on why you need to optimize your business website on search engines, join me for my upcoming NECBA networking/business meeting on May 17, 2014. For more information and to register visit: http://bit.ly/1fY1Aa2 Register Today and I will send you my new e-book for FREE. The entrepreneurs guide to social media. Also feel free to visit our website www.necbusinessassociation.com Read my latest blog. If this information was helpful please like this page and leave a comment.

Online marketing is a major part of your success when starting or growing a business. You need a strategic step by step approach to crush your competition. Online marketing is the quickest way to grow your business, achieve financial independence, and build wealth. Thinking of starting a new business? Want to increase your personal monthly income? Need passive income streams? Creating your on online marketing plan or even starting an online business can literally change you...r financial future. Your online marketing plan is as important as a business plan. Most people have a dream of starting a business becoming financially independent. The problem I see many times is the overall plan to make it happen. You can have a wonderful product, service or idea but if the world does not know about it how will you be successful? Do you realize GOOGLE was a start up company in 2000 now it is a billion dollar enterprise. Can you see the power of internet? Mobile phones, tablets and laptops have become an everyday tool for most americans. Don't let great internet opportunities pass you by. Do you want to quite your job? Travel? Control your work schedule? Control your income? Create multiple streams of income? If your answer is YES you should even consider starting an online business and I can coach you and show you how. Watch my video blog and learn the importance of online marketing. Click here http://bit.ly/1m4UgBZ Also don't forget to register for NEC Business Association monthly networking/business meeting. www.necbusinessassociation.com the meeting is FREE and will be held on Saturday May 17th, 2014 from 9am - noon. Come prepared to network with some of atlanta's finest business professionals and learn about internet marketing. Leave your comments and questions below and I will respond. See more

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Competition in the digital universe is multiplying at the speed of light. With over 942,224 million websites scrolling over the web, fast approaching to 1 billion mark, it’s becoming difficult by every passing day for businesses to attract targeted web traffic and get hits. If you are facing the same dilemma, then don’t you worry as today I will be sharing top 6 tips to get more hits to your business website. So, here we go: 1. Submit Your Website on All 3 Top Search En...gines These include Google, Bing and Yahoo. 2. Create High Quality Content Using Relevant and Most Searched Keywords 3. Share Your Website URL on Social Media Platforms 4. Create Interesting Videos and Upload them on Video Sharing Websites with Your Website URL 5. Submit Your Site to Local Directories 6. Use Paid Searches To get more information read my recent blog. Click here http://bit.ly/1guSseO To get more insight on how to get more hits on your business website, join me for my upcoming NECBA networking/business meeting on May 17, 2014. For more information and to register visit: http://bit.ly/1fY1Aa2 Register Today and I will send you my new e-book for FREE. The entrepreneurs guide to social media. Also feel free to visit our website www.necbusinessassociation.com

http://ow.ly/i/5uHYm According to a recent report released by MarketLive, paid search visits have a 35% higher conversion rate for websites as compared to organic search visits. In 2013 paid search visits made about 1/3 of total search engine visits in the first 6 months which was up from 26% in 2012. And more importantly revenue generated from paid searches grew to 44% of total search engine visit revenue in 2013, up from 40% recorded in 2012. If you are an online business ...owner looking for breakthrough business sales, then these stats offer valuable insights. Where paid ads like Pay Per Click drive targeted traffic and give you a chance to convert generated leads into sales, they can at the same time be costly if it increases your CTR (click through rate) but not the conversion ratio. It is important to understand that paid ads cost businesses as well. So, it is not just important but also crucial to ensure that the ads not only bring you clicks but also increase your lead conversion rate. To begin with first let me tell you that each search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing have slightly different rules regarding what they do and do not allow to be advertised. They also have some rules about ad formatting, length and style so it’s important to check the details. To get more insights on how to create effective Pay Per Click ads to attract targeted audience, join me for my upcoming NECBA networking/business meeting on May 17, 2014. For more information and to register visit: http://bit.ly/1fY1Aa2 Feel free to read my recent blog about pay per click advertising. http://bit.ly/NECBA

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What’s great about the virtual world is that this platform offers all businesses be it start-ups, or large industry giants equal opportunities to grow. However, success comes to those who strategically use this platform to their business advantage by devising a well-conceived internet marketing plan. When it comes to creating it, let me first tell you that there is no one fixed formula. Though there are some essential elements of an internet marketing plan that you can’t do w...ithout like content marketing, SEO and Social media presence but at the end of the day how you leverage these elements to devise a plan that maximizes your business sales is what really matters. There are many online businesses out there that have developed an online marketing plan for their business but somehow haven’t had the kind of success they thought they would. Here I am talking about not just new start-ups but also established companies who are doing really well offline but not so much in the virtual world. Common Internet Marketing Mistakes Mistake#1- Creating a Plan without Any Solid Research Many business owners just randomly create their online business marketing plan without any solid research. And this is exactly why they fail. Mistake#2- Unclear Goals Another mistake that business owners make is that they fail to set clear objectives and a timeline stating how much time it will take to achieve the set objectives. Mistake#3- Not Analyzing the Marketing Plan Results To get more insights on internet marketing plan and common mistakes to avoid, join me for my upcoming NECBA networking/business meeting on May 17, 2014. For more information and to register visit: http://bit.ly/1fY1Aa2 Register Today and I will send you my new e-book for FREE. The entrepreneurs guide to social media. Also feel free to visit our website www.necbusinessassociation.com visit our blogs @ http://www.necbusinessassociation.com/blog-main

Organic vs. Paid Ads-Which Strategy is better? i am often asked by my students? Luther Should my online businesses focus their internet marketing strategies more towards organic search engine results or non-organic (paid searches)? It’s debatable but having the wealth of hands on industry experience and profound knowledge in my opinion to device a successful internet marketing plan to achieve online business success and profitability, it is wise to mix things up and incorpo...rate both strategies organic and paid to your business advantage. Let me walk you through what these both online marketing strategies are and what they can do for your business. Organic search drives free traffic to your website. By this I mean you don’t have to pay for it. However, since competition is fierce on organic searches, you need to opt for the best SEO (Search Engine Optimization) strategies. Paid Ads/ Non-Organic Search Unlike organic search, non-organic search is paid for. This includes bidding for keywords for ad placements on search engines and various websites. This has some cost but the cost is nothing compared to the benefits it offers to your business. Paid ads will help you generate enough traffic over time that your visitors start to recall your site by URL alone. Ultimately building up your brand reputation to a point where it becomes a dominant site in your industry searches and first choice of preference for potential customers. To get more insights on organic searches and paid ads, join me for my upcoming NECBA networking/business meeting on May 17, 2014. For more information and to register visit: http://bit.ly/1fY1Aa2 Register Today and I will send you my new e-book for FREE. The entrepreneurs guide to social media. Also feel free to visit our website www.necbusinessassociation.com See more

Join me Saturday May 17th, 2014 for our FREE networking/business meeting. All attendees will have an opportunity to network and discuss your business goals. Let us help you take your financial situation to the next level. If you have a business we will help you promote it. If your looking for a new opportunity we will show you how to start your own internet business. For more information and to register visit www.necbusinessassociation.com.