Blogging is an activity that has become important for many businesses. Even in rural areas like Adams County, the nature of online marketing has made blogging an almost necessity. The benefits to having a business blog are legion and businesses shouldn’t go without at least exploring it as an option. But you’ll keep your blog…
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When I served in Iraq in 2005 we occasionally had the power and communications in our battalion operations center go out on us. This occurred through any of various reasons, but one common scenario is when an incoming rocket hit close enough to the power center that it interfered with our connections. We of course…
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I went to meet with a client this morning to interview him for his About Us page. This is one of the most important pages on your website and will likely get more traffic than any other if done right. So I wrote down 7 questions to ask during the interview. These 7 questions will…
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I decided to count the ways that I currently earn income. Most of these are from online sources, but a few of them include off line income streams even if partially. Here are 18 ways my wife and I make money. Blog Management – This is where the bulk of my income currently comes from…
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I recently came across a video by a fellow Internet marketer that I thought had a great tip for small businesses. Any business can benefit from this strategy and it’s really easy to implement. In fact, I’d like to implement it for my own business so if you are a business owner in the Adams-York…
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Newsletters are nothing new. They’ve been around for a long time. Last century, they were as common as buttered bread. And they cluttered many a mailbox or retail counter. But have they become obsolete in the digital age? Absolutely not. In fact, not only are newsletters not obsolete, but they are more relevant than ever….
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I’ve been looking into Skype. They’ve got a really sweet deal going. For $2.99/month, you can have unlimited calls to U.S. and Canada landlines and mobile phones. You can even get an online phone number so that people can call you from anywhere and it be a local phone call. That’s pretty nice. While looking…
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Local businesses – rural businesses, in particular – may wonder if local SEO is even possible, let alone desirable. I’d say, first of all, it depends on your niche and your geographic location. For the most part, however, I’d say that local SEO is necessary if you expect to get some local business. It is…
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