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The holidays may still be a few months away, but the department stores are already getting their Christmas merchandise and decorations ready. Are they jumping the gun, or are they being smart by preparing early? Remember, it’s always important to be proactive—especially when you’re expecting an increase in sales and traffic. Is your site ready for the holidays?

Website retailers are getting a bigger rush of shoppers every Christmas season as more and more customers realize that online shopping is the perfect way to avoid the headache and fatigue of pushing through crowds at the local mall. According to a Nielson report, the Internet traffic for the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush increased 33% from 2004 to 2005.¹ It stands to reason that the 2006 season will be even busier. Luckily, Aplus.Net has everything you need to take advantage of this shopping boom and get your site ready early.

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Don’t get caught in the cold! Get your site ready for the holiday season with Aplus.Net—we have everything for your online business.

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Two Simple Ways to Improve Your Search Engine Rankings Today!

If getting to the top of search engine results isn’t your focus, it should be. These all-important rankings improve your status and exposure, crucial to any online business. Aplus.Net offers two easy ways to get ahead of the competition. First, get your own IP address. Having your own IP gives your site a legitimacy that often ranks it ahead of other sites. Aplus.Net’s Pro and ePro plans come with their own unique IP address for this very reason. Or, get a 10-year domain. Search engines like Google favor websites that are registered for 10 years, as opposed to those just registered for one or two. Buying a longer-term domain name not only lets you avoid the hassle of constant renewals, it also helps your search rankings. Remember, if you’re not maximizing your search engine presence, you can bet that your competitors are. Don’t put it off: Update your domain or hosting plan today.

Customer Feedback Tool Update

We’re happy to announce that Aplus.Net’s Customer Feedback Tool now supports the new multi-file import feature. Now, this great tool is even better and easier to use than ever! Click here for more information.

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No matter what business you’re in, you can’t afford to ignore the blogosphere. With its popularity growing each day, chances are that your customers are influenced by what is written on some blog, somewhere. Chances are also good that they’re using blogs to express their own opinion.

If you haven’t yet, it’s time to embrace this new technology. It can do wonders for your business and word-of-mouth exposure if used wisely. With Aplus.Net’s advanced blogging software—a free tool with most of our hosting plans—you and your customers can share thoughts, ideas, information, and photos in an organized and interactive way.

Whether you choose to write about product updates or your opinion on the competition, a blog is a great way to turn your site into a community forum that visitors will want to check out every day. And with user-friendly multi-level capabilities, everyone from small children to CEOs can join in the fun.

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Customer of the Month

At Aplus.Net, we know the value of smart entrepreneurship, and we’re proud to have your business. So, beginning next month, we’re putting the spotlight on you, our valued customers! Each month, we’ll profile a current Aplus.Net customer in our newsletter. Whether you’re a success story or soon-to-be-success story, we’re proud to be your online partner, and we want to share your story with our community of innovative Aplus.Net entrepreneurs. Have a unique achievement we might not know about? Contact us and let us know! In the meantime, stay tuned to your next Aplus.Net newsletter for more details—coming soon!

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The Facts on Net Neutrality

Imagine this scenario: You use your favorite search engine, as you do every day, to find a local business. But the nearby hardware store you’re looking for doesn’t show up. Instead, you get redirected to the new big chain store in town. This may seem harmless, and some people might not even notice. In reality, though, it’s unfair to the small hardware shop, and it’s unfair to you, forcing on you something you’re not looking for.

Soon enough, this might not be a hypothetical situation. Legislation is currently making its way through Congress to change the Internet’s structure and the very way it operates. Like many people and organizations who want the Internet to remain a free and open society, Aplus.Net supports “net neutrality” provisions to this legislation to ensure that the level playing field that is today’s Internet is not destroyed.

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Aplus.Net’s Small Business Center is here! Join us each month as we explore resources and tips on what it takes to manage a successful small business in today’s economy, and how to use the Internet to grow your business. We kick it off this month with a rundown of some handy web resources for the Internet-minded entrepreneur.

The best place to start our journey is the U.S. government’s own agency dedicated to small business issues. The United States Small Business Administration, or SBA, was created in 1953 to “maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters.”

It may seem unusual for the government to take such an interest into what many assume is a small part of the American economy. The truth, however, is quite the opposite: Small businesses are an enormous part of our economy. According to an August 2005 press release, the SBA states:

“Small business drives the U.S. economy by providing jobs for over half of the private workforce … Data and research shows that small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all firms, they create more than half of the private non-farm gross domestic product, and they create 60 to 80 percent of the net new jobs … In 2004, there were an estimated 23,974,500 businesses in the U.S. Of the 5,683,700 firms with employees, 5,666,600 were small firms (fewer than 500 employees) … American entrepreneurs are creative and productive, and these numbers prove it.”²

The SBA’s website offers helpful rundowns on how to start, finance, and manage a new business. There’s also a useful section dedicated to business opportunities. A page on disaster recovery outlines the “long-term, low-interest” loans available to small businesses that have suffered from natural disasters, and offers advice on how to minimize damage if a disaster hits your region.

Even if your business is already past the point of being able to profit from this information, it’s still a good idea to check out the SBA’s website to get the government’s perspective on small business. In the process, you just might stumble on to some benefits you didn’t know you were entitled to. So take advantage—after all, the SBA is funded by your tax dollars. Subcontracting, instructions on registering your business in the government’s contractor database, contract procurement assistance, and links to federal business opportunities are just a few more of the useful resources offered by the SBA. Check out the complete SBA website here.

Briefly, here are a few more current Internet articles that feature constructive tips for small businesses.

• Entrepreneur magazine’s small business blog is a great place to learn about the latest cutting-edge developments affecting the small business world. Read it here.
• This BNET-posted white paper offers advice on how not to advertise on your website.
• Feeling swamped? You’re not alone. Most small business owners just can’t tear themselves away from running their business, even spending their vacation time checking up on things. Read Inc.com’s take on this situation here.
• Online resources for small businesses … for teens? The SBA has teamed up with Junior Achievement to provide a comprehensive resource to the young entrepreneur. Get information on this new program here.
• New Markets Venture Capital Program is a branch of the SBA that “seeks to assist local entrepreneurs, create quality employment opportunities for residents and build wealth within these [low-income] communities.” Read about it here.

Feedback? Questions? Comments? We’d love to hear from you. Please let us know what you think of our first Small Business Center, so we can make sure it’s working for you. Email your feedback to . There’s a lot more to come.

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Jupiter Media’s ISP-Planet.com recently ran an article about Aplus.Net’s Web-a-Photo for TiVo® feature. The article outlines the benefits of this popular feature and talks about some of the advantages over competing services. Read the article here.

TopHosts recently featured a profile on Aplus.Net. The article describes how our Five Pillars of Online Marketing are making Aplus.Net the leading solutions provider for the online entrepreneur. Read the full article here.

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Keeping your address current is more important than you realize, and the success of your website just might depend on it. For example: “Ted” was a happy and hard-working customer who failed to notify Aplus.Net when his email address changed. Ted didn’t realize that he was missing important emails notifying him that his domain name was about to expire. Because of this simple mistake, Ted lost not only his domain name to a competitor; he also lost countless hours of hard work and months of progress. Don’t make Ted’s mistake—Keep your information current!

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