Wednesday, February 27, 2008 

How To Reach And Stay At The Top Of The First Page Of The Search Engines

Everybody is familiar with search engines such as Google & Yahoo. Search Engines have radically changed the Internet. Radically! Over 50% of all consumer purchases of all business purchases are now pursued by searches. Thats what was said months ago and it is obviously going higher. So the majority of people Worldwide who now are on computers, the first place they go to is a Search Engine to find information, for what they are looking for.

The Search Engine technology is now based and what Search Engine is trying to do as they are trying to put out in front of their searchers, the most current relative information possible. Google knows that what it can give you is exactly what you want to see and its relative to the current & its timely. And you are going to come back to Google over, over and over again.

Why all those Bloggers out there for years have been making a lot of money and how they are promoting for free, and how they getting free publicity and generating MASS traffic to their sites? Because Bloggers took advantage of what Google had determined was the secret to the Internet right now. A WEB SITE THAT CHANGES A LOT GETS MORE RATING WITH A SEARCH ENGINE. So if your website is changing a lot and adjusting a lot and is current, Google will push you up on the rating. That means you are getting closer, closer and closer to the first page. And this is extremely important, particularly if you know how to what is called games the system.

What those Bloggers do they game the system. And here is how they game the system: They went out and found the websites that have the absolute most change going on in a web site every single day, every single hour, every single minute, and every single second. They are powerful websites that have constant change, constant upgrading going on every minute of every day. Theses website are called Article Hubs. These web sites grow out of the whole change in how Search Engines work because people realized that the more websites change, the more powerful website are in searches, they realized there better be constant change. This is particularly true in Media sites & this is particularly true with Bloggers, because they began to figure out that if they have more constant change on their sites every day their Bloggs will lift on the searches. And I am going to show you one of those hugs sites. It is an extremely powerful site, 5000-7000 writers, authors, reporters & Bloggers place their articles in this site every day.

Do you understand that that site is not just visited by tens of thousands of writers and authors who have submitted articles everyday? Do you realize this site is visited by over a million unique visitors every single day? So these sites, these Article Hubs are incredibly potent. And when you put one article in one of these sites, guess what you start to do? You start to dominate keywords. And if you can get on the first page of any major keyword you have hit a Gold Mine! One article! One keyword! Traffic, traffic, traffic! There is one example Religion and online marketing, this article was written two years ago and guess where they are.

Do you know when you put a keyword in worldwide there are over 35 millions places on the web that have this constant in here with Religion and Online Marketing? And this article is still having a first result, first page. That was written TWO YEARS AGO! He has been getting traffic every single day for almost 800 days for this article. One Article! One keyword! Traffic, Traffic, Traffic! And if you go page after page, after page you are going to see that article over and over and over That Company continues to get traffic to this very day. Thats the power of Article Hubs.

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Affiliates - Are You Using These Tactics?

There are some tactics every affiliate marketer should be using on most, if not all of their websites. These tactics may help you to improve your sales.

The first thing is to have your own website to refer people to, rather than sending them directly to the products website. This gives you the opportunity to presell the items, rather than relying solely on the merchants website.

This allows you to focus on individual products or services. You can use it as a landing page for a pay per click campaign or optimize it for natural search engine results.

It also gives you the chance to build your opt in mailing list. Even if someone doesnt buy from you, youll have the chance to sell something to them again if they read your newsletter.

Include a free report as incentive to sign up for your newsletter. Many people will gladly give their email address in exchange for a report on a topic theyre interested in.

Getting them to subscribe means that any given page has one of three possible outcomes: you get a sale or otherwise earn money, they leave without buying anything or they sign up for your newsletter before leaving. If you do a really great job, you might get both a sale and a newsletter subscription, so make sure its easy to get back to the product after signing up for the newsletter.

Are you upselling? Make sure to have an additional, relevant offer whenever possible. Why sell only one item if your customers are likely to be interested in multiple items. Very few affiliates seem to be doing this one, as it requires more effort, but it can be well worthwhile.

Affiliate marketing is the one of the most interesting and challenging things Ive tried in my life. Theres so much to learn but its so much fun! Make sure you are making the most of the programs you are involved with by using these and other tactics to maximize your sales.

Stephanie Foster is the owner of http://www.aspectsofhomebusiness.com/ and enjoyed running her home business tremendously. Visit http://www.aspectsofhomebusiness.com/affiliatebusiness/ to learn more about affiliate marketing.

 

Online Home Business Marketing Ideas And Tips For Affiliates

A huge amount of time and effort goes into the advertising and marketing of an online home business so herewith some online business marketing ideas and tips for affiliates to ensure you get the maximum out of your online promotions.

Unfortunately there are people using the internet who are dishonest and will have no hesitation in changing affiliate links. Affiliate links are easily changed so it is strongly advised that you cloak your links prior to starting any advertising in order to avoid the loss of commissions. You can do this through your hosting panel if you own your own domain or by using tinyurl.com.

It is really important to check that all the links on your website as well as your affiliate links are working as there is nothing more off putting to a potential customer to click on a dead link. If you search on Google for `link checker` or `link validator` you will find some really helpful free online tools to check the links on your website.

It is not unusual for sites to go down for some reason or another, for example they may be having server problems and if that is the case you need to be in a position to immediately pause your marketing campaigns during the period the site is offline. You certainly do not want to be paying for clicks to a dead link. If you are using pay per click advertising (PPC) you can access your account and temporarily disable the display of your advert.

The same applies to credits you may have accumulated or purchased in the traffic exchanges. For example Traffic Swarm offers a facility where you can temporarily disable the display of your link. Once the site is back online you can then simply log in to your account and enable the links again. Most classified advertising sites also give you the option to open an account which will enable you to make changes to your adverts and put them on hold if necessary.

It is also unfortunate that some programs are short lived on the internet and so it is important that you ensure that you are not promoting an affiliate program that no longer exists.

If you are considering purchasing targeted traffic then be sure you will be given access to a panel where you can check your stats and change the targeted website if necessary.

Sure there are going to be places that you are promoting your online home business and affiliate links that you will not be able to change immediately, but at least for any paid advertising it is advisable to only use services whereby you have access to your account in order to be able to control when your adverts run.

Also be sure to read emails that you receive from the affiliate programs that you are marketing as they may include important information regarding changes to their links or advertising materials such as banners and landing pages. It is advisable to upload any banners you are using to your own hosting account so that in the event of the affiliate program discontinuing a banner your link will not be affected.

One of the very important things I have learnt while growing my own online home business is that you need to be in control of as much as possible on the internet and you can achieve this to a certain extent by owning your own domain. You then have more control of your online home business marketing and will be able to promote all your affiliate links on one website and be in a position to instantly access your hosting panel to change, cloak and redirect affiliate links.

Cynthia Minnaar is the owner and webmaster of http://www.cyns-home-biz.com, where you will find online home business marketing ideas, residual online income ideas, internet home business opportunities, online home business ideas, internet income training and more. Get your own Income Generating Website ideal for promoting affiliate links. You may publish my article if you include the bio.

 

Oil Change Franchising - Is it the Opportunity for You?

Lets take a look at why oil change franchising makes a whole lot of sense and what to look for in a company that's offering oil change franchising opportunities.

Start Up Expenses

Every franchise requires some out of pocket money from you and oil change franchising is no exception. In addition, getting any kind of business up and running takes a fair amount of work in the beginning, but none of this should stop you from getting into what many think is a great long-term investment.

More and more oil change franchising companies offer start up assistance to people who want to own a franchise. This help comes in the forms of financial assistance, site selection and special training so that your business has the best opportunity to succeed. Finding a company thatll help you with these can make all of the difference between success and failure.

You'll also want to be on the lookout for an oil change franchising company willing to help you with marketing and advertising so that the public is aware of what you offer, when you offer it and any specials that happen to be running.

Demand for Oil Change Franchises

A good barometer for the success of any business is customer demand. Is your product or service something that people are going to need or is it something that theyll likely buy on a whim? People are busier than ever before and don't have the time to maintain their vehicles like they used to.

It doesnt matter if theyre men or women, theyre not going to be satisfied with making an appointment, taking the car to the local garage and leaving it for a few hours just to get an oil change. They want to be able to stop in before they pick the kids up from school, or while theyre out running errands, and have the work done in 10 or fifteen minutes so they can be on their way.

This is one of the reasons that oil change franchising makes so much sense for a business owner. And getting your oil changed isnt something thats seasonal like other business opportunities. Its something that people need to do all year round regardless of the weather outside.

Ease of Set Up

Franchise businesses vary as much in what they offer as they do in how easy they are to get started. Some require minimal know-how and a relatively small amount of space while others demand intense training, a large staff and huge inventories.

Oil change franchising falls somewhere in between. Most facilities take up very little real estate and don't require much in the way of building costs. Some oil change franchising companies even go so far as to offer modular buildings that go up quickly at a relatively low expense to the investor.

And while the actual business of changing oil is pretty straightforward, there will be some training needed when it comes to computer systems, hiring and staffing, and disposal of waste material.

A good oil change franchiser will provide you with the right help with these things in the beginning so that you get off on your best foot.

The Bottom Line

So is an oil change franchise the right business for you? Well, only you can say for sure. But there are plenty of benefits that make it a very attractive opportunity and a good long-term investment.

And when looking for a oil change franchiser, make sure they're going to be with you every step of the way. It's surprising, but there are a lot of companies out that throw their franchise owners to the wolves, which makes no sense for the company or the oil change franchise owner.

A good oil change franchise company will treat you like part of a team and still let you run your business.

Tim LaGanke, Jr. is president of QuickChange Oil, a 10 minute oil change center, with locations across Cleveland, Ohio. QuickChange is currently seeking applicants interested in the oil change franchising business. Please contact LaGanke at gank@quickchangeoil.com for more information. http://www.quickchangeoil.com

 

Overcoming Business Process Challenges Of Insurance Industry

Overview:

The stiff competitive landscape of Property and Casualty insurance companies has led them to deeply analyze their existing data they can transform into meaningful information. The information can turn into knowledge and knowledge into actionable plans. P&C carriers realize that this data which is lying in diverse systems throughout their enterprise can play an important role in the entire insurance value chain.

Unlike other industries that produces new finished products, the raw material and finished product for insurance companies are one and the same information. A printed insurance policy is merely a representation of a pure information transaction even though with major financial implications. Because the industry is completely information based, and information has historically been recorded on paper, terminology like holding paper or writing policies is still common today.

A large number of P&C carriers are ignorant of the enterprise-wide management of all the content received from clients, agents, and supplierswhether by paper, fax, email, telephone, audio, video or the Internet. Even if the company has determined how to manage the information on their disparate legacy systems, much of the processing of this information is subject to manual intervention and interpretation. Delays in processing can increase the likelihood of litigation, decrease the opportunity to settle and cause an increase in waiting costs such as the storage and loss of control of a repair facility.

The objective of the whitepaper is to address the top challenges insurance companies face today and how a document centric business process management solution can streamline the existing process followed by the insurance companies.

Challenges:

P&C Insurance companies are realizing that the data captured in documents can play an important role in the entire insurance value chain. The data along with documents needs to be moved from different business systems to a Document Management System for easy storage, indexing and retrieval process. The task can be difficult because the data is embedded in a assortment of heterogeneous forms and exists in numerous formats. A data quality regimen that helps guarantee the quality of data as it passes through all the components of data validation is critical.

In order for insurance carriers to get the status of what is in their documents sets and determine whether these sets really display the characteristics that should be included, a process termed as data profiling must be employed. Data profiling is an analytic process that has the sole objective of sifting through data for the purpose of developing a thorough understanding of the content, structure and quality of data.

Poor quality of data adversely affects the business operations. It can impede the internal business processes that occur within an organization and the external process that take place between business and its customers. Taking a closer look at what constitutes data quality, it can be defined as the process of standardizing, correcting and verifying the data.

FineDocs Solution

Insurance companies obligation to policyholders not only includes providing the best possible coverage and service but also running its business efficiently to keep operating costs low and favorable impact rates. FineDocs Enterprise Document Management software provides capabilities such as document imaging, archiving, indexing along with automated business process flow engine, which improves productivity, customer service, disaster recovery and process integrity while holding the line on operational and manpower costs.

In the past, a policy holder would call an agent about a policy or invoice, but they wouldnt have the file. They would have to search for that particular file by either keeping the customer on hold or had to call back the customer to answer queries doubling the cost of doing business.

Companies have realized the fact that having stacks of papers and retrieving files is a cumbersome process. They also recognize that Document Management in collaboration with a business process rules engine would improve customer services.

Comprehensive: FineDocs features document scanning, document archiving, indexing, storage, annotate, email, along with a business process management engine. The state of art technology combines elements of workflow, business rules, enterprise application integration and document management to improve the efficiency of such insurance processes such as customer service and claims processing.

Collaborative: BPM along with DMS solution can potentially give insurers the ability to orchestrate and monitor every level of human interaction with the core systems. FineDocs understands the unique needs of the insurance services industry and how they can better succeed with efficient process execution. FineDocs proven, enterprise-level business process management platform is the foundation that enables companies to design and deploy processes that increase output and manage resources in an effective manner.

Process Orientation: Insurance companies would like to see all the resources human and material are properly controlled, coordinated and effectively utilized. They need to constantly review business processes and reinvent strategies to lower loss ratio. Investing in FineDocs would enable them to be flexible to adapt to changing business requirements. They would be able to realign processes quickly to take advantage of opportunities that come about with changes in market conditions. By automating business processes the P&C carriers can automate the activities related to different processes which will save a lot of time that is otherwise spent on manually initiating tasks that constitute a process, communicating the required policy information, collecting meaningful data and compiling useful reports. In addition, the automated processes will record all related activities, providing organizations with the ability to track and audit processes.

Robust Architecture: The FineDocs solution leverages Skelta BPM.Net Architecture to manage the most demanding content challenges, the most complex business processes and integration of existing systems within property and casualty insurance companies. It provides dynamic reports with historical and real-time data to monitor and analyze processes. the FineDocs solution integrates Skelta Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) and provides an insight how IT events at workflow engine level will affect progress of high-level business transactions.

Deployment Free: Pyramid understands that insurance companies are not technically savvy and thus has made FineDocs solution deployment free. Users can simply login to the FineDocs server, hosted within or outside the organization and start working on the software over a secured protocol.

User Friendly: Easy interface to Microsoft technology such as office and outlook makes it easier for the business users as they do not need to learn any rocket science technology.

Visit FineDocs at http://www.finedocs.com

Dave Chatterjee has extensive experience of functioning in diversified environments offering leadership qualities coupled with communication, resentation and management skills. Technically sound, he offers hands on experience in product launch, corporate relations, chasing aggressive sales targets, building business alliances and personal experience in closing deals in the global market.

 

Starting A Home Business?

First thing you need to know before starting your own business is you must do your research! There are many great home business opportunities out there; you need to be cautious in choosing a business that is right for you. Find one that suits you best one that you have interest in because you will need to spend a lot of time on that business, and most importantly, you will need to find a business that is legitimate. There are countless numbers of home business offers over the Internet today and majority of them will require you to pay a fee to start. Most people will choose the lower fee to start their business and end up failing due to the lack of information given. An on line business is not as easy as many advertisements say it is. You will not get rich over night and that is the truth!

Here are some good examples of how people make money on line:

Become an affiliate
Become a hosting reseller
Sell products on line
Buy/Sell on line auctions
Get paid to take surveys
Get paid to read emails
Get paid to surf the web
Get paid to shop
Make money with adsense

Those are only a few examples of how you can make money on line. If you want to start a home business the best advice for you is to find a system that many on line entrepreneurs are currently using, a system that is proven to work, find out what made them become successful with their home business, what methods they use that makes them thousand of dollars a month by simply purchasing their system (remember nothing good is for free) if you are clueless about how to start your own home business you will definitely need a guide. Now follow step by step instruction that is given to you, read the information carefully and remember not to give up half way because if you do you will not succeed.

Another good advice for you is focus on your business and stick to one until you see results, you will fail if you try to do too many at once. Without a guide though one may be lost in choosing the right business opportunity, with many scams circling around the Internet these days one may end up spending their money buying information that is worthless to them and they are back where they started; still looking for that one right home business.

The best part about on line business is you have more free time to do the things you want to do and you can also easily access your business anywhere in the world using the power of the Internet.

Now there are two types of business opportunity one is short term and the other is long term. For example taking on line survey is consider short term the more you take time to fill out a survey the more you earn, some survey companies pay you cash and some give out rewards and prizes. There are many resources to take free surveys on line and yes you do get paid for your opinion! Watch out for scam survey sites that require you to pay a fee to join.

Now if you are looking for a long term home business you should look into starting your own website. You could sell products or information with your own domain name or you can sign up with google adsense and write your own articles on a subject you like. You can also sign up with google adwords and start advertising as an affiliate. The opportunities are endless!

Remember with most home businesses it will take at least 1-3 months before you really start seeing results but in the end it will all pay off. Its a great feeling once you start seeing great income with your home business that is of course you have worked to get there. Dont believe in any get rich scheme you see out there, as I have said you will not get rich over night. Best of luck to you on starting your own home business!

Monika Nguyen is the webmaster of http://www.homecarreers.com. A directory listings of legitimate home businesses.