Youtube is a great placed to promote your website. If Youtube was it's own search engine it would command about 15% of all search traffic. That makes it the second biggest search engine next to Google. There's more traffic to be had from Youtube than Yahoo and Bing combined. So how can you get traffic…
We all want more traffic to our websites. After all more traffic means more leads and customers for our businesses. Here's how you can get more web traffic to your website using the social bookmarking service StumbleUpon.
We all know about social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter and you should definitely use those to get…
I hear the story all the time... "I have a friend who's doing my website", "I have a cousin who's doing my website", "I hired a web guy to do my site". Small business owners know in this day and age they need to have an online presence but all too often they entrust it…
PayPal may seem like the way to take money online at first glance but there are some problems. Here are three reasons your website needs more than just PayPal when taking payments online.
1. Consumer confidence
When PayPal is the only option for payment on your website it tells would be buyers you're small time. Anyone can…
There are so many websites on the internet and many of them are ghost towns. That means websites that don't get regularly updated. There are so many of these it's become entirely common for people to zone out and click the back button if they don't see something of interest or that's up to date…
I recently stumbled across a photo slideshow tool called Slide.ly. Slide.ly is a clever photo sharing tools that let's you easily link your Facebook, Instagram, and other photos to your Slide.ly account to create great looking slideshows and photo galleries. You can even add a music track from Youtube to play while your photos are…
The most important rule of thumb when it comes to advertising and marketing is take care of your list. Your customer data is not just part of your business - it is your business. So hopefully you've been doing a great job of capturing and storing plenty of contact data from your customers. One of…
One of the biggest reasons people make purchases is because they perceive them to be a great value. On the flip side if a potential customer doesn't see value in your products or services there's little chance you're going to close the sale. So how can you help people see the value of your products…
The internet is now the most powerful tool in your marketing arsenal... but let me ask. Are you doing everything you can to take advantage of it? Here are 5 things every website owner can do to increase the number of sales they get from their website.
1. Create A Captivating Headline
To win more customers you…
I just read a blog post on one of our competitors websites and it's inspired me to write a little blog of my own. The blog was about thinking like a designer and went on to provide tips on how to make a website like a designer. After reading the article it's abundantly clear to…
Before you start selling products online ask this question... Are you looking to sell a single product or are you looking to sell many products?
If you're looking to sell a single product you shouldn't spend the time building an online store. Instead put your efforts into finding targeted sources of traffic and driving them to…
We all want to get better search ranking. After all, better search ranking means more customers for our businesses. However when it comes to search engine optimization (SEO) many people forget the basics. Here are the first three things you need to do when optimizing your website for better search engine ranking.
1. Keyword Research
If you…
WebStarts is the best way to create and maintain your very own website. Here are just 5 of the reasons why...
1. You don't need to know any code.
Other website builders claim to be drag and drop easy but in reality they limit you to choosing one of the same boring templates already being used by…
