Archive for 2010
Best Posts for Small Businesses
July 27th, 2010 | Posted in: Internet Marketing, Small Business
We’ve had a lot of good posts here on Net Profit Marketing’s blog but sometimes these great posts fall off the first page. Starting with this posts, a couple of times a year we’re going to do a “Best of” blog that highlights some posts that you really need to read. This one focuses on [...]
Build Your Online Niche
July 20th, 2010 | Posted in: SEO
As of 2008, Google had indexed over a trillion sites. Since then they have continued indexing more and more websites each day. There’s not an exact number right now but it’s safe to say that the Internet is enormous. When considering the vast number of pages, how are you going to stand out? It’s no [...]
Zoho CRM Quick Start Guide
July 2nd, 2010 | Posted in: Small Business
I’m going to assume that you have been able to sign-up for Zoho CRM and that you can reasonably manage through setting your default values in the “Setup” menu of Zoho. Also, for those of you that don’t know anything about Zoho CRM, view a previous post Zoho CRM for Lead Management. This guide is [...]
Lead Management With Zoho CRM
June 23rd, 2010 | Posted in: Small Business
Zoho CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is one of the best kept secrets for small businesses. I talk to many businesses that have heard of CRM solutions like Sugar CRM or Salesforce but Zoho is growing quickly with quality products priced well below the market (or many times free). Zoho’s name originates off of a play [...]
SEO Client Becomes a Google Favorite Place!
June 12th, 2010 | Posted in: Internet Marketing
We’re happy to announce that one of our clients, Display Group (a Detroit Corporate and Special Events Rental Company), has become a Google Favorite Place! What does this mean? It means that they are part of less than 1% of businesses in the U.S. to receive this distinction. That’s out of over 28,000,000 businesses! Businesses [...]
What is SEO?
May 27th, 2010 | Posted in: SEO
Wikepedia defines SEO (Search Engine Optimization) as: The process of improving ranking in search engine results That’s a pretty simple definition but it’s very accurate. What I’m sure you’re asking, however, is what is that process? What’s involved with SEO? How do you SEO a website? The following is a quick dive into SEO and [...]
Why You Need Google Apps Premier Edition
May 13th, 2010 | Posted in: Small Business
It’s finally time for your business to seriously consider Google Apps Premier Edition. For those of you that haven’t researched it, Google Apps is a low-cost, reliable, and secure messaging and collaboration solution. The main feature is the Google Apps mail that utilizes the Gmail interface and seamlessly integrates with Outlook and all mobile devices. [...]
What is the Purpose of Your Website?
April 29th, 2010 | Posted in: Small Business, Website Design
What is the purpose of your website? Really think about this. If you’re like a lot of small businesses, you haven’t really thought about it. You got a website because everyone said you needed a website but you’re not really sure what it does. Better yet, do your customers know what the purpose of your [...]
Easy & Effective Content Creation
April 14th, 2010 | Posted in: Web Content
I work with many small business owners and the one common thread from business to business is that they are busy! You focus on your core business, delegate what you can but there still ends up being tasks that you just can’t seem to have someone else do for you. One of these tasks is [...]
Get More Traffic From Local Search Results
March 30th, 2010 | Posted in: SEO
Note: Google Local Business Center is now called Google Places I’m going to get you on the first page of Google and I’m not going to charge your for it. No, this isn’t some scam, it’s in use every day in every city around the world. Check out this screen shot of a search completed [...]