March 2008
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Unique Page Titles Help Level the Playing Field for Small Business
Earlier today I met the owner of John's Pizza Cafe in Saint Paul while working from a coffee shop that I like to frequent. We started talking about the plight of small businesses trying to compete with franchises and chains for a presence online. After viewing his …
Claim Your Blog in Technorati
I was trying to claim our blog in Technorati (supposedly this gives us more visibility and additional benefits) by the "quick" method. But it didn't work. Something about my username and password not being accurate. Not sure what's up with that, so I decided to …
Choosing Keywords for Your Website
I've been intending to sit down and right a comprehensive article on choosing keywords for your website for about two weeks now. Quite frankly, there is so much information that really should be included that the task has been a bit daunting and I've thrown out …
Small Businesses & Coupon Marketing On the Internet
Larry Sullivan of LocalBizBits.com interviewed me last week about online marketing & coupon marketing for small and local business. I thought you might like to read our conversation. Here's a link to Part 1 of the interview & Part 2.
The Old Slow Way VS the New Fast Way
I found this video that explains the OLD and SLOW way of getting new information on the internet vs the NEW and FAST way. It's all about using RSS. If you don't know what that is, or if you've been too intimidated to try it out, check out this video that explains it [...]
How To Make Your PC Run Faster
Over the past couple of years I've figured out (the hard way) some basic things that need to be done on a regular basis to my computer in order to keep it running optimally. Today, I ran across an article that summarizes those lessons well. If I had found this article …
A More Search Engine Friendly Blog
I've been doing some research on blogging and search engines and here's a list of things I've come up with that we can do to make our blog more search engine friendly.
1. Avoid duplicate content issues by blocking spiders from indexing categories. This way there will …
Launch of Local Elements Version 2.0
Local Elements Version 2.0 is now launched. It brings many new features to your local communities and many communities around the US. Some of the new features are Local Profiles for users, Business Profiles, User Driven News, a Q & A section, Job posting, Artist …
Can You Afford to Shop Locally?
Yesterday, I was reading an article on Inc.com and found out about a new program that rewards customers for shopping locally, possibly giving smaller retailers the leg up they need to compete with big box stores. It's a new kind of customer loyalty program that most …