A Business Guide For The Very New Internet Entrepreneur
A Business Guide For The Very New Internet Entrepreneur
by: Francisco Aloy
Did you recently buy your first computer and just started surfing the Net? Isn't it fun? All the new websites and places to go, sights to see! Have you ever wondered if you can make money with your newfound toy?
I think that thought is something that comes into the mind of all Newbie computer users. I mean, there's no way you can miss all the offers from the heap of self proclaimed "Gurus" selling you get-rich-quick...
Are You Getting The Most From Your Meta Tags?
Are You Getting The Most From Your Meta Tags? by Francisco Aloy As any Web Business startup knows, creating a Website is abunch of work! You have to bother with content, layout,graphics and HTML links, just to name a few. What about yourMeta Tags?Meta Tags are words that are placed in your web page toprovide a title, description and keywords to the SearchEngine spiders or crawlers. They are not visible tovisitors. To see a sample, open any website and click "View" on the menubar, and choose...
Beware of Internet Marketing Dream Merchants
Beware of Internet Marketing Dream Merchants by Francisco Aloy There are so many different business opportunities availableon the Web; the never-ending stream of offers that will leadyou to untold riches. Everybody claims to have the "insideknowledge" that will put you on Easy Street! Soundsfamiliar, doesn't it?That scenario is particularly painful for Internet beginnerslacking the advanced researching skills of more seasonedNetizens. Nevertheless, is there a way for mostinexperienced...
Broadband - Will it Affect Your Online Marketing Future?
Broadband - Will it Affect Your Online Marketing Future? by Francisco Aloy To all editors, this is NOT part of the article,please remove before posting. You'll notice I've included some hyperlinkswithin the article. They are there for description only. I haveabsolutely no financial interest in any of thelinking. Francisco Aloy*************************************************The coming age of general Broadband use bearing down uponus, minute by minute, is going to leave many changes in its...
Can You Write Naturally and Get Good SE Ranking?
Can You Write Naturally and Get Good SE Ranking? by Francisco Aloy The most effective way to write for your website is to keep the subject matter of your web page under tight focus. Notice I didn't say website; that's because thesearch engines don't spider websites, they spider web pages.The search engines will look to see how well the relatedpage title, keywords and body text apply to the subjectmatter. This means that if you are talking about widgets,your title, keywords and body copy...
Colors for Your Website
Colors for Your Website by Francisco Aloy Oh Yes ..Colors! There are hot ones, cool ones, earthycolors, spiritual colors and every other shade in therainbow! What colors should you use for your website?Though color combinations that would work for manydecorating ideas are pleasing to the eye, it doesn't mean they will work on the web. The reason is that the combinations you use haveto serve a twofold purpose: They should impart ageneral theme to your website and, moreimportantly, make it...
Complementary Relational Linking and How It Could Save Your Internet Business
Complementary Relational Linking and How It Could Save Your Internet Business by Francisco Aloy The concept of linking is that sites with common interestsshould link to drive more traffic to each other's businessesand to increase their "popularity." Search engines, such as Google, give much higher ranking to sites with highpopularity. They feel that when many sites are linking toyours, it's a sign of ranking value.The standard linking philosophy of most websites is to havea "links page"...
Finding a Home for Your Internet Enterprise - A Point by Point List
Finding a Home for Your Internet Enterprise - A Point by Point List by Francisco Aloy After much Net surfing and looking at all the offers you'vedecided to take the plunge! You've investigated a good namefor your idea. You've decided it's time to start searching for ahome for your Internet vision. By golly, it's time to startyour own enterprise! You're tired of all the reading andresearch! You're ready to go mano-a-mano! But, there are a million and one providers available! How do you...
Fonts for Your Website: Is it Just a Matter of style?
Fonts for Your Website: Is it Just a Matter of style? by Francisco Aloy The choice of font you use at your website can be affectedby so many different elements: personal taste, style, screenresolution and size, operating system, monitor age,background and - not last - readability and ease of use.The most common font used for print ant the Web is Times New Roman. This is the default font of manyapplications including most of the Microsoft Office Suites. That is not to say it's the most...
Free Hosting - A Real Bargain?
Free Hosting - A Real Bargain? by Francisco Aloy With the availability of many free hosting offers soprevalent on the Internet, are they the bargain they seem to be?I must admit the offer of free hosting does have majorappeal however, rarely is something of value given away for nothing. At first glance, free hosting sounds like a good deal! Upon closer inspection, you'll find close to 100% of them not suitable for a business website at all.Before getting one of the free hosting packages, the...
Images for your website...What is OK to Use?
Images for your website...What is OK to Use? by Francisco Aloy Pairing your website content with images sends a powerfulmessage that text alone can't convey. Notice all the virtualeBook covers and software boxes used to describe products.They are used for one simple reason: they sell more!Getting images from the web is so easy, we tend to forgetsomeone created the image and should be paid for the use ofit. The first thing you should do when considering usingone, is getting permission from...
Internet Buzzwords and Newbies: Proceed with Caution!
Internet Buzzwords and Newbies: Proceed with Caution! by Francisco Aloy Learning the ropes of Internet Marketing is one of thehardest things to do; even more so if you are a Newbie to computers and the Web. I remember watching the movie "The Flim Flam Man" and heard the quote "You Can't Con an Honest Man." The above quote, taken in the context of the movie, did make perfect sense. The movie dialog implied thatthe selfish desire to gain an unethical edge was the hookthe experienced con man...
Is it a Newsletter or Just One More Commercial?
Is it a Newsletter or Just One More Commercial? by Francisco Aloy When I purchased my very first computer, not too long ago, I signed up for many Internet Marketing Newsletters. Thoughit's been a few years, I still have them.I've subscribed to at least 300 Newsletters and it affordsme a broad outlook. My idea was to track and compare them.The plan was to see how each one of them changed over timeand look for any discernible patterns, any nugget ofinformation.Well, I've been able to spot...
Newbie Business Building and Information Overload - What Can You do About It?
Newbie Business Building and Information Overload - What Can You do About It? by Francisco Aloy Information overload is something that will happen to all ofus at one time or the other. Net Newbies, in particular, areprime targets for that terrible affliction. The incrediblevariety of ads and come-ons assaulting the Newbie isfrightening just by the sheer number!All the marketers want you to sign-up for a seminar or apromotion. Your email inboxes are straining to hold all thecorrespondence...
Search Engine Optimization and Other Scary Things
Search Engine Optimization and Other Scary Things by Francisco Aloy by Francisco AloyBeing a relative newcomer to the Web I decided to foray intoSearch Engine Optimization to gain first hand experience and anyinsights I could. My assumption was that it would have a basisbuilt on rational thinking and logical facts. I pre-supposed a certain degree of agreement and transparencyfrom many of the established sources and opinion makers. Mystarting viewpoint supported by my association of Search...
Should you Purchase a Turnkey Site or Build Your Own?
Should you Purchase a Turnkey Site or Build Your Own? by Francisco Aloy You see them all the time, pre-packaged websitesselling everything from acorns to zinc. Most of themhave a nice professional look about them, with goodpictures and graphics. Of course, the sales literaturewith the offer telling you how you're going to make agazillion dollars!Most of them are one page mini-sites devoted only to selling their particular product and that's wherethe problems begin; since it's only a sales...
Success in Business - Does Your Attitude Count?
Success in Business - Does Your Attitude Count? by Francisco Aloy We all dream of the good life; things we'll do, places we'llsee! There isn't a sweeter dream than the feeling of havingchoices we didn't before. Success! We all want it, crave it,and dream about it! Why do so many fail; what does it taketo get there?There's no doubt our ability to imagine something is theseed of inspiration; though success needs much more thanimagination to bear fruit. If it was that simple, we'd allbe living...
Tested Business Principles - Do They Count on the Web?
Tested Business Principles - Do They Count on the Web? by Francisco Aloy Every day our mail inboxes are full of new offers,buzzwords, ideas and the latest software utilities.With all the confusing array of offers, it's easy to get sidetracked by the constant fear of not catching the "next wave."There is always new technology on the horizon. RSS feeds, XML, SmartPages and the never ending stream of things all the marketers say you can't live without; it's enough to scare the daylights out of...
The Never Ending Work to Get Traffic to Your Website
The Never Ending Work to Get Traffic to Your Website by Francisco Aloy by Francisco AloyBuilding and setting up your website is an accomplishment foranyone, even more so for a Newbie. All the things you had tolearn, the never ending study curve; the general feeling there'sgoing to be a "gotcha" just waiting for you. Looking back you seethe mountain of work you've done; feels good, doesnt it?Take a deep breath, my friend, the real work is just about tostart! Yes, the never-ending job of...
This Here Web Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us! Can You Corner Web Market Share With Negative Actions?
This Here Web Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us! Can You Corner Web Market Share With Negative Actions?
by: Francisco Aloy
If you're a fan of Western movies I'm sure you've heard most of the title line before; just replace "Web" with "town." That line of dialog is offered right before the two cowboys go outside and have a deadly gun duel. Wind blown tumbleweeds and shades of the OK Corral as a backdrop!
Nevertheless, can mean spirited politics help you corral a little corner of the Web? Can...
Your Article is Being Used Without a Resource Box - What Can You Do?
Your Article is Being Used Without a Resource Box - What Can You Do? by Francisco Aloy Your Article is Being Used Without a Resource Box - What canyou do?Sooner or later, no matter how much you hate it, someWebmaster is going to use your article and won't includeyour resource box. Another common practice is that ofreplacing your HTML link with a text link. Funny thing,when you submitted the article, it had a HTML link!Before jumping the gun and coming down hard on the offendingWebmaster,...
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