1. Make your classified ads stand out in a crowd. Use all
capital letters in the headline, divide letters with extra
spaces, add in text symbols, etc. For example, you could write,
"WIN a VACATION to Las Vegas!" Another example would be, "Win A
($) Trip To Las Vegas!"
2. Buy advertising space on discussion board web sites. They are
usually arranged by subject; that makes them highly targeted.
For example, if you are selling gardening tools, you would want
to advertise on gardening, farm, tool ...
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January 24th, 2012 in
Advertising
In what seems like only a few short years, fiscal selective
information systems (FIS) have evolved from simple, back-office
support systems into fully integrated solutions that can handle
everything from payroll to accounts receivable and gross cycle
management. But such increased functionality would not be
possible without the ability to combine disparate databases into
a single source of entropy that can be mined at multiple levels.
The importance of data mining quickly became apparent ...
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January 23rd, 2012 in
Finance
The first rule of PR Rainmaking is to approach reporters as
customers.
Find out what they want, then give it to them in a way that
benefits you and your company. This requires us to learn how to
think like a news reporter.
For this journey, there may be no better guidebook than James B.
Stewart's 'Follow the Story.'
On first blush, this would appear to be nothing more than one
more how-to book on how to write non-fiction articles for a mass
audience.
But Stewart is the former editor of the Page ...
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January 22nd, 2012 in
Marketing
The Internet is a great tool for everyone, including investors
due to the response speed, and the amount of information that is
exchanged. Transactions are executed very quickly, with the
click of a button or a few keystrokes. However, the Internet is
also another avenue for fraud. Investors must use caution and
common sense when using the Internet for securities activities.
The fact that information appears on the Internet does not
render additional credibility to the information. Be ...
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January 21st, 2012 in
Finance
Profitable day traders recognize that trading low priced hot
stocks is among the fastest & most effective ways to harvest BIG
piles of cash in the stock market.
The problem is that if you don't know what stocks to look for
and how to approach them while limiting your risk, you won't
even get close to making some profits.
You don't necessarily have to trade low priced hot stocks all
the time. But you can learn how to take advantage of them when
you encounter the best opportunities while at the ...
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January 20th, 2012 in
Finance
Unless you are totally clueless about the internet and how it
works, you must realise that everyone trawling the net is
searching for one thing and that is information, i.e. CONTENT!
In fact there is not really any other business building tool
that compares with writing articles when it comes to building
your online business, read on to discover why.
Regularly adding keyword rich quality articles on your website
will help boost your search engine ranking, as search engines
are always looking ...
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January 19th, 2012 in
Internet
At the core of PR Rainmaking is the question: "What makes a
story newsworthy?" If we cannot answer this question, then we
have nothing to guide us in the selection of story ideas.
At first, the concept of "newsworthiness" may appear both
abstract and subjective. Fortunately, in the century since
Joseph Pulitzer began to define journalism as we know it today,
patterns have emerged in how the news media define
"newsworthiness."
We may disagree with these patterns. We may find them ...
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January 18th, 2012 in
Marketing
Adwords PPC Management Tip No. 1 --------------------------------
Setting up an account
If you live outside of the US, different minimum bid prices hold
true given the different currencies involved.
Let's take the UK for example - in the UK the minimum bid price
is £0.04 whereas the minimum bid price in the US is $0.05.
This means the cost of bids in the UK when currency is converted
is significantly higher (July 2005), therefore it may be wise
for you to setup an Adwords account which uses ...
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January 17th, 2012 in
Advertising
If you've ever applied for a credit card or loan, you've
probably had your credit report reviewed by the lender. Your
credit report has a huge impact on your financial future, so
it's well worth your time to be sure that you understand what
your credit report says about you. Even if you're not interested
in obtaining credit, your credit report can impact other areas
of your life. Potential employers view your credit report to
assess your trustworthiness as an employee. Landlords ...
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January 16th, 2012 in
Finance
Frequently I am asked "how do you get information about the
competition?" Most people are surprised when I tell them that
getting useful competitive intelligence is actually the easiest
part of managing successful business competition. One of the
best methods to gain valuable competitive intelligence is so
simple, straightforward, and productive that I have put it on my
list of Business Competition Best Practices: Win Loss Research.
The benefits that Win Loss Research routinely delivers ...
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January 15th, 2012 in
Business