How to launch your site with a (Google) bang! - Part 2

May 31, 2007

For a complete guide to marketing your website, please check out my updated special feature on StartupNation: 5 Steps to Marketing your Website.

Part 1 in this series discussed using forums and online communities to give yourself a traffic boost. In this installment, I will give you some ideas on how to use your e-mail and personal network to get your PageRank off the ground when you launch a new website.

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How to launch your site with a (Google) bang! - Part 1

May 30, 2007

For a complete guide to marketing your website, please check out my updated special feature on StartupNation: 5 Steps to Marketing your Website.

Now that your site is done and live, what is your next step? TRAFFIC! This article is the start of a 3-article series on kickstarting your site’s marketing - for free! Part one focuses on ideas to get customers knocking at your door once you are open for business by using forums. Part 2 is about networking and using your e-mail. Part 3 will discuss press releases and how to make one.

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Can you hear me now?

May 29, 2007

An NHG special announcement: I’m going to be on an internet radio show discussing websites for small businesses on Sunday, June 3rd at 7pm pacific/10pm eastern. You can listen in online or call in with questions. For more information, go to Job You Deserve on Coach of the Airwaves. You can also listen to the archives there, in case you miss it live.

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Adding Flickr Photos to your Wordpress Blog

May 11, 2007

We recently added a sidebar section of recent Flickr photos to the Pursue the Passion: The Journey blog. I wanted the code to just pull up the photos in Flickr, not within the actual blog, because the photos weren’t ready for this use yet. (They need to be labeled and organized properly.) This is how I did the code for it:

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Saying No to Non-Ideal Clients

May 11, 2007

"Start saying no to non-ideal clients." I read that phrase today in a blog entry by Guy Kawasaki. This has been a hard lesson for me to learn, and I am still learning it - but I think I am getting better at it and I’d like to share with you why. I don’t often go into the person (and the psychology) behind my business, so enjoy this special treat!

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Copywriting - Tips, Suggestions, and What to Avoid

May 7, 2007

NHG: This article is a compilation of articles written by a friend of NHG on the subject of copywriting. The information is edited and reprinted with permission of the original author, Mike, the CEO of Scenomics.

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Writing to be Read

May 4, 2007

A page with a huge block of text is an eyesore to anyone trying to read it. So how can you break up your page? Thanks to behavioral science, we now have an answer: Formatting your content to maximize its readability.

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Dos and Don’ts in Web Design

May 1, 2007

These two links come from useit.com, which is a great place to learn about practical website usability. After a few minutes of reading one of his articles, you’ll see why Dr. Jakob Nielson, the owner of the site, has been called "the guru of website usability".

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