Over the past two or three years there have been two main ways to make money with a blog. The first is by featuring advertising (most commonly using Google Adsense.) The second is by promoting products or services that you are affiliated with. Both of these methods can potentially make you money with a blog. However keep in mind that you won’t make money overnight using these.
9 Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring A Web Developer
Not all web developers are created equal. One way to tell which is right one for your project is to ask some initial questions. This will help you determine the developer’s skill and expertise level and if they can meet your expectations.
Don’t Like Social Media? Too Bad.
Finding that your personal opinion of social media has kept your business from getting involved? Don’t let you get in the way of a better, more forward marketing strategy!
We understand that some entrepreneurs out there choose not to get their business active on social media platforms because they don’t like them. Maybe they’re just TOO popular. Maybe you don’t like the idea of implementing something your kids use for your business.
Fine. You are more than welcome to have that opinion. However, you cannot let that opinion keep you from utilizing the completely free, and super powerful tool that is social media to promote your business. You are potentially turning away hundreds, if not thousands of customers every day that you are not active on the major platforms [Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Blogging].
Time to Fill Up Your Website Bucket List
Seems pretty obvious, but setting goals is absolutely essential to properly planning out your small business website and to ensure its success. Goals help you define the what, when, why, where, and how of your entire enterprise.
As you develop your website it is important to make a bucket list [yep, just the like movie] of everything would like to have on the site and then prioritize it. Next, list your goals and make absolutely sure they sync up with your intentions. Make sure that the form, design, and purpose of your website is geared toward ONLY your intentions and you will increase the efficiency of your website.
Watch Out for These 10 Web Development Mistakes!
Whenever you are developing anything it is quite easy to make an error, especially if it’s a website. The rules of the web development game are always changing. Today’s SEO shortcuts may be obsolete tomorrow.
Therefore it is absolutely crucial that you don’t become fixated on the original vision of your website. Remain open to new ideas and suggestions and make sure you…
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