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31/10/12 23:00 from FAIR Recent Additions
Extra! Soundbites November 2011 Volume 24, Number 11
» Tiger off to solid start at Pebble Beach
09/02/12 19:05 from SI.com
» SB Nation: Explaining Lin\'s surprise early success
09/02/12 19:05 from SI.com
» Lakers visit Celtics
09/02/12 19:05 from SI.com
Kobe Bryant and the Lakers hope to break out of their road funk tonight in Boston. Meanwhile, the Celts are trying to cap a perfect homestand. TNT OverTime has all the angles covered.
» UPrinting.com: A Stand-Out Online Printing Service
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are 100% my own. As online entrepreneurs, it might seem as though you wouldn’t have much need for printed materials. Depending on your industry though, finding a good printer can become necessary more ..
» Money From Your RSS? A Feedburner Alternative Worth a Closer Look
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are 100% my own. Our relationship with RevResponse goes back to 2008, when we posted a review of their B2B Publisher Network. We like these guys, and we’re always interested in what they’re up to. So w..
» 11 Proven Keys for Getting Your Emails Read
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
You’ve read about the importance of having a strong email list, so you’ve worked hard to build up a big list, and you’re ready to start marketing to them. It’s wonderful if you can get your emails out to a broad audience, but there’s more t..
» How to not be Scammed by an SEO Firm
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Many marketing companies (those you find online and those who call you unsolicited) claim that they can do search engine optimization (SEO) for your website. The fact that they can do something that sounds so complicated is already enticing..
» How to Sell With Numbers
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Just because consumers buy something, doesn’t mean that they are not profiting from their purchases. For example, someone who is considering buying an iPad looks at the benefits the iPad has to offer (wireless internet, gaming, easy to use ..
» Will an Incubator Help Your Business Take Off? The Short Answer: It Depends.
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
It sounds like a match made in heaven. Entrepreneurs with good ideas but limited capital and experience meet an accelerator/incubator filled with low-cost space and startup services along with knowledgeable experts to mentor them through. E..
» JoinUniverse.com: A Lesson in Flexibility
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Determination is often a good thing, but if you’re so focused on executing your original vision that you fail to adjust your plans when necessary, it can mean failure in short order. So one of the most important traits an entrepreneur can h..
» 6 Steps for Effective SEO Planning for Your Blog
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the most important tool a blogger can use to generate visits to your site – and revenue to your bottom line. The best thing about optimizing your SEO is that it can come at no cost. If you’re trying to in..
» How is Gen-Y Using Facebook? Survey Results Might Surprise You
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
If you’re between the ages of 18 and 29, you’re part of “Gen-Y.” And as part of that generation, you make up a large part of the 750 million+ Facebook community. A new study, conducted by Millennial Branding, looked at more than 50 million ..
» 10 Reasons Every Small Business Needs to Brand with a Logo
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Pretty much every marketing and business expert strongly encourages the owners of small businesses to “brand” their companies with a logo, as well as marketing materials that are consistent across all channels. But what’s the reason behind ..
» Optimize This! What You Need to Know About Search Engine Optimization
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
As an entrepreneur, you probably operate at lightning-fast speed. You’re trying to cram so many things into one day that you barely have time to breathe, let alone eat. In fact, you’re pretty sure you forgot to wear underwear last Wednesd..
» Pay Per Lead Affiliate Program by LeadsMarket.com – Review
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
This is a sponsored post for LeadsMarket.com. All opinions are 100% my own. As the writers of Blogtrepreneur.com and several other websites that are monetized through ads and affiliate programs, we are often asked for our opinions of variou..
» Content Marketing vs. Link Building: 3 Steps for Taking the Right Approach
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
When people first step into the internet marketing business, they’re all too often confronted with a decision seen both immediate and essential. That decision, of course, is whether to focus on link building or content marketing to mo..
» The 4 Essentials Your Blog Theme Should Have
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
There has to be about a bazillion blog themes out there, ranging from free to several hundred dollars. So how do you choose the one that will work best for your blog? You could hire a designer to create a custom theme just for you, which ca..
» 5 Tips for Making 2012 Your Entrepreneurial Year
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
If you’ve been thinking about starting a business, 2012 is a great year to make it happen. And if you’re already in business for yourself, you can make 2012 the year you take it to the next level. You might think that the economy being in t..
» How to Make Prospects Forget that You’re Trying to Sell Them Something
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
“Hi Sir, we have looked at your website and want to know if you are interested in buying our $200 monthly SEO package.” I maintain websites for clients of mine and have received this call at least 20 times within the past 6 months. Needless..
» How to Not Fail as an Entrepreneur
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Why do most entrepreneurs fail? Businesses fail everyday for a variety of reasons. They may have run out of money, may have underestimated the competition, may have not known how to operate efficiently, or may have had trouble keeping track..
» How to Make an AdWords Friendly Squeeze Page
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
“Sign up now to get your FREE money making success kit!” You’ll see less and less of these headlines on squeeze pages which attempt to gather emails through hype-like offers. Gone are the days of content-less squeeze pages, whose only optio..
» High or Low – Which Posting Frequency Works Best?
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
How often should you post new content to your blog? Is there any such thing as posting too often? The blogging experts have varying opinions about what a blog’s posting frequency should be. A lot of it depends on the type of blog you have, ..
» What’s the Deal with QR Codes?
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
If you’ve been anywhere recently – online or in the real world – you’ve seen them around. They look kind of weird, and if you don’t know what they’re for, they make no sense. They are Quick Response (QR) Codes, and they’re quickly becoming ..
» How to Mind Read Your Sales Prospects
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Have you ever been put off by a salesman who was too pushy, too animated, too boring, or too much of anything? What if that salesperson mirrored your own personality? Wouldn’t you be much more at ease with him and much more receptive to hi..
» Business Plans: How Much is Too Much Research?
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
By Ellen Arndt For the last five years, I’ve personally written and delivered over a thousand business plans, which means a thousand marketing strategies, a thousand competitive and market analyses, and a thousand executive summaries. It go..
» Blogtrepreneur Interview: Shahed Khan of Viatask.com
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
He’s impressive by just about any measure, but for a teen working on his first startup, Shahed Khan is worth taking a closer look at. Shahed is the founder of Viatask, an application that’s launching 11/22/2011 and has been called Craigslis..
» How to Not Get Scammed on Flippa
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
The internet is the future and the reason that people go online is to browse content in the form of websites. Why not invest in websites? After all, a site bought off of Flippa.com for $10,000 may net a 10% returns for several years! Lookin..
» Social Networks: What are They Good For?
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Does social media make you feel like you’re shouting in crowded room, yet no one seems to be paying attention? Perhaps it’s not you, but instead the medium. About a year ago I wanted to better understand (anecdotally) how people reacted to ..
» What Makes Family Businesses Thrive? The Family Business Infographic
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Is your family the type that’s close-knit and supportive? Or is the dynamic more like something out of a daytime soap opera? Even if it’s the former, and Thanksgiving dinners don’t ever result in bodily injury, that doesn’t mean you have wh..
» The Results Are In!
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
The results of the first ever Semi-Local Business Survey are in! Everyone who completed the survey really opened up and shared some great information, and we can’t wait to share all the rich details with you. Thanks to all who participated!..
» 5 Ideas for Eliminating Startup Funk
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Let’s get real – startups are not for the faint of heart. With any startup, there will be plenty of triumphs and challenges along the way. Your biggest challenge might be not being overly confident in successful times, and not becoming too ..
» 6 Keys for Branding Success
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
It’s very important to realize that your brand is one of the most important aspects of your business. It can differentiate between visitors and buyers, and can also be the determining factor for success or failure. As with any other project..
» Please Take Our Survey
09/02/12 19:05 from BLOGTREPRENEUR - My life and business
Do you make some of your money locally, and some of your money remotely, or online? If the answer is yes, then we would like to ask for a moment of your help. Do you ever wonder how many people and businesses out there are really Semi-Local..
» mbTweets 2.9.12
09/02/12 19:00 from mediabistro.com: Media News
@mediabistro #mbchats How should #journalists use Twitter? @kbyrne91 Sparingly, wisely, judiciously ... with just a dash of cleverness & humor. @camimonet Crowdsourcing, understanding the audience, pushing out news. As creators of content,..
» Lengthy run of All-Star selections end for Duncan, KG
09/02/12 18:55 from SI.com
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce overcame slow starts to return to the All-Star game, but the lengthy runs of Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan are over.