Online Marketing at Affordable Prices

Increasing Your Customer Traffic

Nowadays, you have to come up with unique ideas to stay ahead of the competition. If you own a business and want to branch out to other outlets that can help you increase sales, you can consider online marketing. Companies like Solid Cactus can offer you a wide variety of content marketing for the Internet. By doing this, you will be able to find ways to reach those customers who shop online on a regular basis.

Should You Trademark Your Domain Name?

Getting your presence established online begins with registering a domain name. Your chosen domain name will become your identity online, which is why it is so important to put plenty of thought into the domain name you choose. Whether you use your name, your nickname, your business name, or a combination of words that is somehow relevant to you, once chosen, it's best to stick with that name - and use various methods of branding in order to drive the point home, so to speak. And once you've chosen your domain name, it might be a god idea to protect it by trademarking it.

Why would I buy bulk URLs?

One of the constant questions that online marketing professionals receive is why a business would want to purchase bulk URLs. After all, a business only needs one website in most cases – there is really no reason to purchase more than one uniform resource locator to point to that website, right?

Help Desk Selling Help

Have you ever contacted help desk and turned out that they just want to sell you something else? Well in this example, not only they were trying to get my money, but they stole my time. Running all kinds of tests on my pc, then suggested that they charge me to clean out some corrupted files. Threatened that if I didn't have them delete the files, that my computer will crash. Oh my!

Mobile Customer Relationship Management System

Customer relationship management (CRM) is important to the success of any business. But, with everything that goes on in a business, it could be overwhelming to track activities and monitor the outcomes yourself. This is where Customer Relationship Management software comes in to play. CRM software can handle contacts, customers’ orders, and promotions via email campaigns.

Godaddy Coupon Promote Codes - Wordless Wednesday Linky / Thursday Two Questions

Are you afraid to take the jump? It should be a lot easier to try something new, or sign up for longer terms when the prices are much more enticing. Godaddy, as we all know, is already one of the lowest for web hosting, but if you are still not convinced, take a look at the deals below. And by the way, have you check their products page out lately? They are offering a lot more services to help you run your business on the web. You can even build an online store!
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Also linking to Thursday Two Questions:

Here are my Thursday Two Questions
1) Are you familiar with GoDaddy, or have used any of their services?
2) What type of web hosting do you have, and why do you like it?

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Webmaster AnswersTech Questions

Running your blog is like owning a business. In order to have a successful blog, you have to know everything there is to know about it, and do it well. The next best thing to knowing everything and doing everything by yourself is to have excellent help. Like most of us, we are either crafty, or chef savvy, but we all are not made tech-savvy.

What To Look for When Buying an eReader

Love the convenience of an eReader? With so many different types it’s easy to feel lost.

That’s why we compiled a list of things to consider when buying an eReader:

• Book Selection: Obviously, you want to make sure you can get the books you actually like to read on your eReader. If you're a magazine reader, you might want to see which magazines are supported as well. It's easy to find out about book selection by browsing the website you would buy books from if you bought a certain type of eReader.

• Display Type: Some eReaders are resistant to glare and are much more like reading an actual page out of a book. Others have a backlit screen like a cell phone or PC. If you plan on reading in the dark and don't like using a reading light, a backlit screen can be convenient. However, if you read outside on sunny days a lot, an e-ink reader might work better for you.

• Battery Life: You'll definitely pay more for an eReader with longer battery life, but if you plan to use it for long periods of time, like traveling, it's worth paying for.

• Highlighting and Note Taking Options: If you're just a casual reader, these are probably not important options for you. But if you're a student, teacher, or another person who will be using the eReader for more serious reading, highlighting and note taking will be important.

•  Supported Formats: Some eReaders will only support certain proprietary formats. This means that once you've built up a library in that format, you either have to stick with eReaders that will work with that format in the future, or you have to start your library over from scratch when you get a new eReader.

The best part about eReaders is that you can get new reading material on the go. Just store your credit card information and start reading your new book within minutes. Daniela Baker from CreditDonkey says, it's safer to store credit card information than debit card information in instances like these because credit cards come with better fraud protection than debit cards.

, Wordful Wednesday,

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More Productive with LG DoublePlay

This post brought to you by LG DoublePlay™. All opinions are 100% mine.


T Mobile has done it again, the new LG DoublePlay has it all! I can now type on real keys and still have the touch screens to get around the applications easily. There are two touch screens, the main screen is 3.5 inch and the sub display is 2.0 inch. The smart phone that has both keys and touchable screens!

If you’ve used swipe before, you know, most times it gives you the wrong letters, and a words. This is so frustrating especially when you’re trying to get the message somewhere fast, the tool is actually slowing you down. I think as I get older, I should be slower than the tools I use. That is one of the reasons why I like the LG DoublePlay 5 mega pixel camera and HD video. These features help me become more productive and work faster, since I just now have to carry one electronic gadget with me and that is the LG DoublePlay.

Every month, I would have unused minutes but texting is over thousands messages sent, that is because texting is the way most of us communicate now a day. It is nice to know there are multiple messaging options, including Cloud Text™ and Group Text™. These new features enable the users the ability to send and receive texts from a PC or tablet or create group chats on-the-go, a great feature for work, or project related tasks. For example: everyone in the group can be updated with the latest travel itinerary and can be in contact with others in the group at anytime.

What about you? How many text messages do you send a month? Do you use smart phones for social networking? Does your phone right now enable you to Facebook, and Tweet easily? Do you think this new LG DoublePlay™ would change the way you text and interact with your Social Networks?




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Use Norton Software to Protect Your System

This post brought to you by Norton Small Business by Symantec. All opinions are 100% mine.

Norton products are the most popular brand on the internet, and are very reliable as far as I know. I always have Norton installed on all my computers at home. In September of this year, they introduced the new Norton 360, and the Norton Internet Security 2012. I am definitely saving up for the upgrade.

We have had our shares of viruses, hackers and malware by just searching the web. My email account was compromised last year by receiving those forward letters. I can tell you it was a nightmare, and I felt totally vulnerable!

For my readers who have a small business, I am sharing with you a great deal today that I could not pass up, and that is you can get 30% off Norton Small Business Products now to protect your system. With the Holiday around the corner, people are frantically searching for what they need, and the first thing they will look for is safety for their identity. 


With Norton Small Business by Symantec product, you know for sure that you and your customers are protected from malicious software or hackers that lurking around to steal your vital information. 
Just for my own curiosity, do you use Norton products on your home computers or business computers at all? Please leave me a comment below and let know. I appreciate it very much!

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Straight Talk Makes Me Richer

This post brought to you by Straight Talk. All opinions are 100% mine.

           
Hi friends, if you're still on a cell phone contract, I am here to enlighten you with some unbelievable choices. You could save so much money with Straight Talk - a mobile phone provider with no contracts. If switching is making you twitched a little, relax, there is neither activation or termination fees.
        
            I know you want more details on how StraightTalk could save you money so hear me out. The “All You Need Plan” comes with Hook, line and sinker 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and 30 MB of web data. Even a chatter like me can't use up that many minutes and text in a month. But, to each his / her own, if you're still skeptical , just go for the unlimited plan for only $45 a month. It includes calls, text, picture messaging, and web. Do you feel better now? I thought so.

            That's not all, if you're a worry wart, you can prepaid for the whole year, and it will only cost you $499! That way you're locked in and no need to worry for the entire year, just kick back and enjoy life. At StraightTalk 411 calls are included at no extra charge. It is like having a concierge service while you are driving. Need to Call a friend out of the country? No worries, nationwide coverage at StraightTalk has excellent reception/connectivity.

            You don't have to spend money on new phones, technology is moving so fast anyhow one minute you think you have the latest, it is false the next minute. Save tons of money with the reconditioned phones starting from $10.00 with camera, mp3 player, mobile web access, and blue-tooth capability. If you've used the Android on Straight Talk, you know that they are amazing smart phones; touch screen phones, and app capable phones with features like voice navigation, camera, video recorder, music player, instant messaging, and Bluetooth®.

About Cell Phones Straight Talk

This post brought to you by Straight Talk. All opinions are 100% mine.

These new programs of prepaid phones are so exciting! Everyone has mobile phones in my house except for the little one. She has a Barbie play phone to call a friend when ever she needs a playmate. Our family is great at communicating, we text each other and call when things change. We stay in touch in every way possible, texting, phone, and video too.

A family like ours with different age groups really has to communicate and Straight Talk has everything you need to make this possible. Other plans are just too stiff and not flexible enough for us to save money. Straight Talk allows us to choose plans that we can cater to each individual, yet doesn’t tie the whole family to a particular plan! Now that is flexibility and mom knows best.

What else to love about Straight Talk? When our family decided to change plans, cancel, start there are no contracts, no credit checks, no activation charges or cancellation fees. It’s simple and you don’t have to feel like starting over, again is going to break your pocket book.

With the many different cell phone brands and styles to choose from, you can’t go wrong. It is okay if you are not sure about a plan yet. Then pay as you go online or with cards, this is another option that is available at thousands of retail stores across the country.

What kind of cell phone carrier do you have? Would love to hear what you love or dislike about them in the comments.

Sprint Total Equipment Protection App For My EVO Android

This post brought to you by Sprint. All opinions are 100% mine.

I am very excited to share the new application for the Sprint phones. It is called the Sprint Total Equipment Protection App (TEP) App. The app can 1) Locate phone, 2) Sync contacts, 3) Remote wipe phone , 4) Lock phone, 5) Sound alarm

Being that I am a Sprint customer and own an HTC EVO Android phone, I am even more thrilled about this new application. Nice phones are expensive. Not to mention they store so much personal information that they become the everyday human attachments. It is no wonder that the most customer friendly mobile phone carrier finally come-up with an app to protect such important devices.

If you are an existing Sprint customer, check out the new app and download it to your phone and stop worrying about losing your contacts, or your phone for that matter. Sprint customers only have until August 30th to add the feature to their existing phone.

The app is long needed and I am so glad to know that I no longer have to worry if I misplaced my phone, because there is the sound alarm to trace it down. Do you know what else is wonderful? If your phone is lost or stolen, you can locate it on the map with an integrated network GPS technology. It acts just like a tracker. Furthermore the lock phone option remotely locks a missing phone so that no one can get to your personal information and contacts.

TEP also provides Sprint customers with a quick and convenient way to receive a replacement if their phone is ever lost, stolen, damaged or malfunctions after the warranty expires. This comes in handy, because you know how I am with driving off with my phone on the roof of my car. And how many times have you lost all your contacts, from dropping the phone to accidentally dropping it in the water? TEP allows you to sync your contacts wirelessly in seconds.

TEP cost $8.00 per month, and the Protection App comes with TEP with no additional cost.

More Cell Phones Options with Net10

This post brought to you by Net10. All opinions are 100% mine.

The economy is bad okay? But what does it have to do with kids? They have no clue what hard earned money is. Does this line sound familiar? “Everyone has a cell phone, mom. ” Do you know what it is like to have a couple of teenagers? We feel broke all the time.

At least now with Net10 we can see the Light , cut down on the costs of mobile phone expenses and take total control of the bills. With Net10 Unlimited deal, you’ll get nationwide coverage and unlimited talk, text, and data, for $50 a month. You can’t beat that, it’s fantastic and no worries about contracts, no surprise bills and no credit checks.

Mobile phones can work to your advantage too. I use them to help with discipline and control as well. When need be, I put the kids on the Easy Minutes Plus plan, which limits them to 200 minutes and costs just $15.00. And if things get a bit out of line, I resort to the Pay-As-You-Go Plans to teach them responsibility. They will have to earn their own money, and buy their own minutes like a real NET10 customer. You will never have to worry about them accidentally going over the minutes anymore, right? Yet, the big plus is, if they haven’t used all the minutes in the plan, as long as the account is still active the minutes will carry over.
 
Net10 Unlimited deal is also great for small businesses. Unlimited is the only way to go. There is no telling when you have to call a vendor and have to be on hold for 15, 20 or 30 minutes. I used to cringe when the businesses, or doctor’s office say those two words, “hold please.” Not anymore, now I pleasantly say, “go right ahead, take as long as you want!”

I am saving the best for last here, Net10 is flexible. I can switch between plans each month to accommodate my airtime needs without penalties or fees. I can adjust the plans according to my budget anytime online. All this plus more, check out Net10 on Twitter and Facebook for yourself.

Straight Talk No Contracts

This post brought to you by Straight Talk. All opinions are 100% mine.

I am sure you are not on a cell phone contract plan. Why would you be when you have choices? With all the new pre-paid plans and no contract plans available, there is no reason to get stuck with bad service or high priced service. Straight Talk mobile phone carrier has everything you need with no contracts, no surprise bills and no credit checks. They still have great nationwide coverage and excellent reception /connectivity.

Imagine how much money and hassles you could save by switching to Straight Talk. The “All You Need Plan” comes with 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and 30 MB of web data. While the Unlimited Monthly service is just $45, and includes calls, text, picture messaging, and web. It is such a relief knowing we can have an unlimited plan for just $45.00. All the kids can have cell phones hook, line and sinker and there is no contract or fees to worry about.

Best yet, all 411 calls are included at no extra charge. Yippee! This is the feature I use the most. 411 is the fastest way to get information, especially when you already have a lot on your mind and in a rush. Additionally, there are no activation, reactivation, or termination fees. When Straight Talk said no strings, they meant it.

I used to think that it didn’t matter what brand phones the carriers provide, but it does! The Straight Talk mobile phone carrier only uses trusted phone manufacturers like LG, Motorola, Kyocera, Nokia and Samsung. It is important that they carry advanced feature phones or the latest phone because technology is moving fast.

Furthermore, if you know you need the phone for at least a year, you call a friend unlimited, text, picture messaging and web for a whole year, for just $499.00! It works out to be $41.58 per month. I think that is the best price I have seen yet.

How To Find Blog Followers, Readers, Commenter

So you started a blog, first it was for fun and you didn't care whether anyone reads it or not. Then one day, you get a comment or two, and that is when it occurred to you that receiving feedback is kind of nice. It became addicting and you now want more followers, readers, commentators. So how do you find more followers, readers, commentators to visit your blog?

There are a few ways, but to find followers, the most sure way is to join blog hops. 1) Blog hops can almost guarantee that you will get followers back, because that is the whole purpose of a blog hop. But are they going to be reading your blog for real? You can tell me in the comments below what you think.

I am sure you know, all of these 2) Social Medias, Facebook, Twitter, Google Friend Connect, YouTube started out with good intentions. It is to network and find people who are interested in your products or services for real, so that you can conduct real business. Then a few people started abusing the privileges, adding who ever and whatever to their profile so that they can inflate the numbers. Well from that point on, it is downhill for everyone. This means, if you want to impress your advertisers, friends, 100, 200, 500 isn't good enough anymore, because everyone else who is anybody, have an average of 5,000 likes, followers. Of course I exaggerated the numbers, but you know what I mean.

Okay, now that we know this is the way it is, and we can't fight what has already been blown out of proportions. Have you heard of the cliche: "if you can't beat them, join them." This is the exact example.

How To Find Blog Followers Readers. If you are not in a hurry to impress anyone, take your time and find the real followers and readers that will actually visit and read your blog.

Honestly, the best followers for me are the ones that truly appreciates me and my blog(s). Those are people who will visit often and leave quality comments. Another cliche, 3)"if you want a friend, be a friend." This is the only way to build those relationships that lasts. You will have to leave those meaty comments yourself, and hope it is returned with the same affection. Good luck.

How To Import Blog Posts to Facebook Fan Page

My Facebook account has evolved over time. I originally created a Facebook account to share photos with my family, since that was all the younger generations used. It soon turned into a friend’s page and yes, you guessed it, now it is a place where I meet up with bloggers and cyber friends.

The day I learned about the FaceBook Fan Page I wished that I could have my blog posts imported automatically in addition to Networked Blog. And finally, after much digging and frustration, I found it.
I am very excited to share the feature of importing your blog posts to your Facebook Fan page. Follow these simple steps and you will be importing your blog posts (using the RSS feed) into a Facebook Page yourself.

1. Go to your Facebook Fan page.
2. Click on the Notes tab in the navigation area, which is the left side of your Fan Page, you should see the Notes icon. If you don’t see it, you may have to click on the plus sign to display it.
3. Select ‘Write a new note’
4. Once you’re in this window, you can access the Notes settings.
5. Click on it and choose to import a blog.
6. If you can’t find the icon on your Facebook Fan page, you will need to do what I did by searching for it. On the Search window type Notes and click search. The Notes Apps should pop up, click on it and you will see your Notes. Click on the Edit Import Settings.
7. Once you are in the Edit Import Settings. You should see a window to enter your Feed's URL.
8. Paste the URL of your blog’s RSS feed. It should be something like this: http://feeds.feedburner.com/selfsagacity
9. Click on the agreement term.
10. The page will import your blog posts if you already have blog posts.

Isn't it great? You don't have to worry about having a plain boring no post page anymore. The more your fans click the more they will find out how terrific your blog is!

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Free Cell Phones & Airtime From Safelink

Please welcome my guest blogger Icy BC @ Wandering Thought

Do you know of an elderly that needs a cell phone? Are you low income or know anyone that is? SafeLink is a government supported program that provides FREE cell phone and airtime for elderly and low income families who are eligible. The process is very easy, you can either call the toll free number, or go on the website to fill out an application.

This program is only available in some states, so you will need to enter your zip code to find out if the program is offered in your area. If it is, Safelink will ship the phone to you, and update you with around 69 to 71 minutes a month for FREE. If 69 or 71 minutes are not enough then you can buy additional minutes for your loved ones, and there is no monthly contract to worry about.

There are many elderly people who need to have a mobile phone to use in case of emergency. The phone provided from SafeLink is very simple to use, and it is meant for making necessary, quick calls. If you know someone who could benefits from this offer, especially if they live alone, then please pass on this opportunity on to them.

Check out SafeLink requirements. I hope this program lasts a long time to assist people who are in need of help.

Lose Word Verification for Comments Already

Comment Etiquette Part #1 - Approach post with humor.

Word verification for comments (Blogger blogs) should just go away! Is there a need for it? After all, 1) you can program to get the email or notices on your blog's dashboard about comments. Blogger gives you total control.
2) As an admin for your site you can set it so that the comments has to be approved before it's published. So SPAM comments won't be published unless you wanted them to be.
3) The other way is delete the comments if you deemed them inappropriate, as an admin you have total control of keeping or trashing the comments.

I think you got the idea, now for the ranting part...I do mind having to enter the word verification. It takes up so much more of my time to just say, hi, I stopped by. Thanks, nice blog. etc. What's worst is the ones that tries to see if you are crossed eyed! I mean, gees, sometimes, the letters are either so blurry, on top of each other, or so mal-functioned that I can't even make out the letters with a magnifying glass!

Bottom line is, there are ways to be in total control of your comments without using the word verification and causing your poor readers grief. Secondly, there is no need for those machines to generate such crossed eyed words that a normal human being can't even tell which letter it is. Why do those words have to be so hard to see? Even if they are testing a human being, it has to be readable with human eyes. Is a robot going to sit there and enter the letters?

Loose word verification from your comment form and make it easy on your visitors to leave comments.
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Advertisers Want Bloggers with Their Own Domain

One of the ways to get noticed and achieve fast branding is to have your own domain name... such as bloggerbroadcast.com rather than bloggerbroadcast.blogspot.com, especially if you are monetizing your blog.
Advertisers want to see that you have a "name" and a domain, whether it is [dot]com, [dot]net, or dot]org. Having your own domain name will increase the chance of getting more jobs from advertisers. Of course there are other things to consider when aiming to entice advertisers such as your website's traffic rank and Page Rank.

To purchase a domain name, use a reputable site like "go daddy", I am using them and have no problem so far. Or you can search online to find hosting sites that offer FREE domain name. You will find in some useful details and comments in my article FREE Domain Name very useful if you are in the market for your own domain.

And "cheers" to our very own domain.