Monday, October 6, 2008Banner Ad Advice from the Pros
MarketingSherpa, one of the absolute best online resources for all things web marketing, recently offered an article with a fresh take on the art of building results-driven banner ad campaigns, breaking down click rates by size and effectiveness.
“When it comes to banner ads, asking about click rates actually misses the point,” states the article. “As [...]
Wednesday, October 1, 2008Think Global and Expand Your Sales Potential
Writing for the U.K.’s e-consultancy.com Internet business website, Greig Holbrook explains why you should think internationally when you’re mapping our your online sales strategy and optimizing your site for SEO.
“English-only websites are a thing of the past,” writes Holbrook. “They overlook 95% of the potential market (since only 5% of the world’s population speaks English).”
So, [...]
Sunday, September 28, 2008Write Articles, Drive Traffic
California’s American Chronicle online magazine recently ran a very informative article outlining an often-overlooked way to drive traffic to your website: Writing articles for other sites, and linking the content back to your own. It’s a win-win strategy for both parties — you get traffic, and the other website gets fresh and unique content. Indeed, [...]
Wednesday, September 24, 2008Check out the Aplus.Net Forum
We’re happy to introduce the Aplus.Net Forum, a new blogging, networking and online chat and communication service created exclusively for the Aplus.Net community.
The new website, located at http://forum.aplus.net, is the perfect spot to trade tips, advice, and insight about everything from building a small business to mastering e-commerce. It’s also the new official location for [...]
Wednesday, September 17, 2008More Advice on Picking the Right Domain Name (plus other tips)
Despite weathering some well-known difficulties in recent years, the Los Angeles Times has still managed to maintain its status as one of the nation’s leading newspapers, and in particular, a reliable source of info for the business community. And no small part of that reputation comes from an author who’s been penning the newspaper’s small [...]
Sunday, September 14, 2008Grow Your Business and Make the Most of Your Hosting Space: Part 3: Subdomains, and SEO Considerations
Welcome to Part 3 in our instructional series on how to maximize the value of your hosting services via Added Domains, Parked Domains, and Subdomains. Every successful online business should understand how to employ these three assets in order to get the most out of money spent on online infrastructure. If you haven’t already, check [...]
Wednesday, September 10, 2008Grow Your Business and Make the Most of Your Hosting Space: Part 2: Parked Domains
Parked domains are just what you might think they are: Domain names you own and have registered, but aren’t currently using. They’re not actively associated with any hosting, website, or email services. They’re out of use, or “parked.”
What are the benefits of domain parking? Usually, a parked domain is a domain that you think may [...]
Sunday, September 7, 2008Grow Your Business and Make the Most of Your Hosting Space: Part 1: Add-On Domains
It’s the same with almost any business: Once you taste success, you’ll probably want to expand. And with online business, that usually means adding more sections to your website, or adding new websites altogether.
And, as a smart business manager, you’ll no doubt want to expand your site without having to pay for more hosting services. [...]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008How to Make Money Selling Domain Names
One of the most basic, most proven ways to make money online is domain name speculation. The act of buying domain names and reselling them when their value has increased, domain name speculation can be a lucrative addition to your online business revenues. When it’s done well and taken seriously, it can even be a [...]
Thursday, August 28, 2008Top 10 Search Engine Ranking Factors from About.com — Plus One More
About.com’s Online/Hosting Expert Gregory Go recently wrote up a highly instructive list on search engine optimization basics called the “Top 10 Search Engine Ranking Factors”. It’s a great primer on how to optimize your site for that most important online marketing element, search engine placement. To write it, he compiled information from “the top 37 [...]
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