Why Aren’t Web Businesses Taken Seriously By Onlookers?

2 August
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I recently mentored my best friend’s aunt who has been trying to make money online for the past few months. We were talking about how I created my online business and she told me something that caused me to write this post today. Like many people, her daughter is quite the skeptic about what I do.  Something wasn’t quite adding up to her. After hearing my story, she asked her mom… If Lisa is so successful with her sites, then...

How to Officially Associate Your YouTube Channel With Your Website

2 August
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Two weeks ago Google announced an official way for Partners to associate their websites with their YouTube channels. Anytime you get the chance to officially sync your online accounts with your website and build your brand, you should take advantage of it! I’ve been waiting for YouTube to do something like this, so I jumped on it as soon as I heard about it. YouTube states… This will help us improve the quality of our search results and verify your...

Thieves Stealing Your Content? Claim it First With Google Authorship

2 August
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A recent thread on Website Babble about stolen content revealed that many people still aren’t taking advantage of Google Authorship. No matter what you may think of Google’s dominance of the Internet, there is a big benefit to using their Authorship feature  — especially while they still rule search. As your site grows, it’s inevitable that at least one lazy person will grab a copy of your content and try to pass it off as their own. The beauty of...

WordPress vs. Site Build It! – Is There a Gap to Be Filled?

2 August
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I often whine about how full my inbox is, but there are major advantages to this… Emails generate ideas for blog posts and videos I get to stay in touch with common problems people have with regards to my niche It reminds me that people are actually visiting my sites — always a good thing, right? If you are familiar with my work, you know that I’ve had success with building websites through WordPress and Site Build It!. I think...

Facebook’s “Promote Your Post” Feature – Boom or Bust?

2 August
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On the heels of Facebook’s IPO bust, they launched a feature that now allows you to promote your Facebook posts so that more of your fans will see it.  (Your page must have at least 400 Likes.) All promoted posts will show up as a “Sponsored Listing” in your fan’s feeds. Statistics have already proven that Facebook users generally ignore ads, and GM recently pulled their campaign due to poor performance. Granted, this is a little different than a regular...