This is an excellent brief-and-to-the-point article about MA’s acquisition of Shop.com --Daniel







http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/15/market-america-acquires-bill-gates-backed-shopping-site-shop-com/

How to Put Together a Basic Social Media Strategy in 4 Steps | Small Business Conversations by Network Solutions

First in a series. Reads very well to me so far... stay tuned for episodes II and III

How to Put Together a Basic Social Media Strategy in 4 Steps Small Business Conversations by Network Solutions

The Value of Words: Tips for Effective Web Sites - By Joyce Litwin Zimmerman

"Want to initiate a business Web site or increase the efficacy of your current site? You can accomplish this through the use of logically organized, thoughtful... ?


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Business Building Tip Article - Reprint for my Retail & Services Clients et al

This article courtesy of Scott Gusso, an expert in the field of SMB growth and business strategies.
Enjoy!     - Daniel

Subject: Business Building Tips for Entrepreneurs

The moment a prospect decides to buy SHOULD NOT be the moment you stop selling. Selling should continue indefinitely. You should be cross selling, up-selling, and every other direction selling you possibly can. And, believe it or not, your customers will love you for it!

Here are some examples to help you understand why:

It's almost impossible to go to a fast food restaurant without having someone ask you if you would like to "Supersize That." Once that happens, it's like an invisible force is speaking to the irrational side of our brains. We have a brief moment of logic as we figure out-59 cents more, for double the food, is a great value. But, that is the full extent of our logical power. Afterwards, irrationality steps in, and rather than consider if we can even eat double the food, we pat ourselves on the back for being smart consumers.

This is the very purpose behind coupon distribution. If you are standing in front of the canned beans in a grocery store and there is a coupon attached to each can, how many cans of beans are you going to buy? You only needed one. But there's that consumer logic at work again. "30 cents off is a great bargain! I'm buying five cans!" And, you go home with more beans than you could possibly need, but a receipt that shows your "savings." What a deal!

The very best time to up-sell is right when your customer has purchased. If you're not up-selling during and after the buying process, start doing it now. Right now!

Sincerely,
Clate Mask
CEO, Infusionsoft
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Small Business Growth Expert

SCOTT GUSSO
Small Business Coach
480-289-6835
scott.gusso@infusionsoft.com

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I get emails weekly that promise expert organic SEO. 

My clients are getting great results on my 80-20 rule application of the SEO basics, many #1 in Google for their chosen keywords (PS besides their company name :-) ...

Some of my most solid technique to apply came originally from watching webinars.  I don't know if this one is thumbs up or down, but it's free. 

Get back to me if you watched it and liked it.  --Daniel
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SOME SHORT, SWEET INFO TO ADD TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY?

This brief take on using Social Media effectively comes courtesy of Ed Taylor's SEO site & email marketing. http://www.edtaylor.com/

Ed's newletters and seminars have helped me over the years to vet new info that comes up and reinforce info from other sources.

http://marketingcip.com/SocialMediaMarketingStrategy.html

This will help us help GreatWebsitesNow.com clients:

Google + Bing Confirm that Twitter/Facebook Influence SEO

December 2nd, 2010 - Posted by randfish to Social Media 700 As of yesterday, both Bing and Google have confirmed (via an excellent interview by Danny Sullivan) that links shared through Twitter and Facebook have a direct impact on rankings (in addition to the positive second-order effects they may have on the link graph). This has long been suspected by SEOs (in fact, many of us posited it was happening as of November of last year following Google + Bing's announcements of partnerships with Twitter), but getting this official confirmation is a substantive step forward.

In addition to that revelation, another piece of critical data came via yesterday's announcement:
Entire Post at Link: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-bing-confirm-twitter-facebook-influence-seo

SOME SHORT, SWEET INFO TO ADD TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY?

This brief take on using Social Media effectively comes courtesy of Ed Taylor's SEO site & email marketing. http://www.edtaylor.com/

Ed's newletters and seminars have helped me over the years to vet new info that comes up and reinforce info from other sources.

http://marketingcip.com/SocialMediaMarketingStrategy.html

Expanding Canterbury Ales Oyster Bar & Grill exposure via interaction with their website and Facebook page.

In particular, making "hey!" while Restaurant Week Long Island shines.

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