Archive for September, 2008

Published by Patrick on 23 Sep 2008

Generating Internet Traffic: Carnival 08

Welcome to the September 24, 2008 edition of internet traffic.

jcr8392 presents Common Mortgage Terms Explained posted at Truthful Lending dot Com, saying, “This is a glossary of some of the more common, and most important mortgage terms. This list will help to familiarize you with some of the terms you should know to find the best mortgage program for your needs.”

WordPress Hacker presents Auto Create Navigation Tabs for New WordPress Pages posted at WordPress Hacker, saying, “In this article I explain how you can setup your blog to automatically create main navigation links/tabs when new pages are published by using custom fields to mark those pages you want to appear in the navigation menu.”

Simple International Business Development presents Small Business Tool For Building Trust In International Clients posted at Simple International Business Development.

International Sales Resources presents How Do Your Foreign Prospects Use Their Search Engines posted at International Sales Resources.

Market Across Cultures presents 5 Factors To Consider When Marketing To Different Cultures posted at Market Across Cultures.

International Success Basics presents Which Search Engines Are You Relying On? posted at International Success Basics.

Cindy King presents How Fast Can You Internationalize A Website posted at Get International Clients.

Cindy King presents Translation Friendly International English posted at Cindy King.

International Marketing Widget presents Translation Plugin posted at International Marketing Widget.

International Marketing Tools presents Guide to Online Tranlsation Tools posted at International Marketing Tools.

Cindy King presents Learning International Skills From A Course Or A Book posted at Cindy King, saying, “On a personal level you need to get out there and learn how to rub with different cultures. It is exactly like riding a bike or driving a car. No matter how many books you read and how many times someone might tell you what to do, you can only learn by sitting in that seat yourself.”

Richard P. McLaughlin presents Who or What is Woopra? posted at Cheap Keywords, saying, “Woopra is a Web analytics tool designed from the ground up to break all the rules for website statistics and monitoring. Woopra gives you the information you need to know right now about live traffic on your site. While the visitor moves through your site, you can track their path instantly.”

Hans presents 10 Strategies to Create Valuable Content Based on Existing Material posted at Blogging Tips to Develop a Successful Blog – CatchThePosts!, saying, “In this article I’ll be focusing on 10 strategies that will allow you to create new content based on existing material. Thus, I will bring your attention on how to transform or revisit articles and data to create valuable content.”

Cross Cultural Sales presents Think Global Act Local posted at Cross Cultural Sales, saying, “I just had a conversation with someone from an office in France. We were discussing her company website and the decision (made in USA) to only have a US site. This decision was odd because more than half the company is located outside the US and other than and address and phone number, there was no reference to foreign offices.”

Culture Customized Sales presents Culture Customized Content posted at Culture Customized Sales, saying, “You need to communicate to your international prospects and clients in a way they understand and respond to. You need to customize your content to their culture. THis post will show you what you need to know.”

Culture Customized Website presents Start Developing Your International Markets posted at Culture Customized Website, saying, “Developing your business when you are in one country and the market you are targeting is in another country can be challenging. Especially if this is your first time… and you don’t like picking up the phone.”

International Business Ideas presents Website Globalization: 4 Success Elements For International Business Development posted at International Business Ideas, saying, “A little internet surfing and you will see that some companies have websites in over 10 languages. More and more businesses are offering over 20 languages. The increase in language choices is rising each year. Deciding how many languages and which languages to use for your website takes time. How do you decide which languages to use when translation costs can be expensive and cultural marketing mistakes are notorious?”

European Business Coach presents European Business Coach posted at European Business Coach, saying, “Bit Literacy – Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload is a book written by Mark Hurst. It covers many different tips to help improve your productivity in today’s age of information overload. Let’s do the To Do List.”

Faster International Sales presents Guide To International Lead Generation posted at Faster International Sales, saying, “This is just one of the marketing strategies in the “Business Guide 4 – Build Your International Marketing Strategy” essential for effective international business development. Be sure to check them both out.”

Sherin Devassy presents Invest in future top models posted at Investment Internals.

International English Copywriting presents Web Video University posted at International English Copywriting.

International Cheat Sheet presents Must Read Before Choosing Your First Product To Sell Abroad posted at International Cheat Sheet, saying, “Are you still wondering what product to sell abroad? Does it seem like a critical choice to make? Businesses just starting to develop international markets often spend considerable time wondering what they should sell abroad.”

International Marketing Mentor presents Design Your International Visibility posted at International Marketing Mentor, saying, “International Market Research challenges beginners often to the point of delaying action. It is not difficult. The hardest part is jumping in and finding the first two or three key information contacts.”

Internationalize Your Website presents Get Past Language Barriers With International Clients posted at Internationalize Your Website, saying, “Different businesses go about developing their international business at different speeds. Several early reasons come in to play. The main reasons are:
* Your own visibility and understanding of your international potential
* Deciding what product to market abroad
* Finding your international markets”

International Lead Strategy presents Communication Across Cultures Is Better With A Whole Brain Approach posted at International Lead Strategy, saying, “Most people do not fully understand the way in which differences in cultures, and even within cultures, impact communication. Let’s look at how people approach cross-cultural communication.”

International Marketing Road Map presents Boost Your Company Way Out Of Your Local Recession Field posted at International Marketing Road Map.

International Success Stories presents The Management Tools I Use For Content Created To Be Re-Packaged posted at International Success Stories.

International Marketing Tools presents Boost Your Company Way Out Of Your Local Recession Field posted at International Marketing Tools, saying, “Do you automatically assume your business will follow the flow if your local economy was going through a recession? Do you lack ideas on how to keep your company sludging through rough times? How would you like to be able to free your company up out of any sticky recession your local economy might be in? Let’s take a closer look at how your marketing team functions during recessions. Your marketing team is your lead generation tool, right? How can a seasoned marketer help you during recession?”

Les Createurs d’Affaires presents Join Us On The International Sales Road Map posted at Les Createurs d’Affaires, saying, “* Are you committed to developing your international business?
* Do you know what you need to do to get more international clients?
* Do you want an easy to follow action plan?

Then you will be happy to read about the up-coming changes”

International Marketing Widget presents Over The Counter Translation Perfection Not Here Yet posted at International Marketing Widget, saying, “it is almost time for the general public to question their beliefs that all translation software should be avoided like the plague. I warned readers not to continue to base their opinions of translation software on old versions. Even though translation software is still not perfect, people with real translation needs are using what they have today to gain a competitive advantage.”

International Success Basics presents Case Study For Getting Your Website Visible In Japan posted at International Success Basics, saying, “The Proper use of Foreign Language Keywords”

Market Across Cultures presents Communication Across Cultures Is Better With A Whole Brain Approach posted at Market Across Cultures, saying, “Cross-cultural communication is not an exact science. When you begin a cross-cultural business conversation for the first time, you cannot be sure where it will end. Within cultures, people are different. Within the same cultural group:
* There are different ways of saying hello
* There are different ways of being polite
* There are different ways of being respectful”

International Sales Resources presents Get International Clients Guides posted at International Sales Resources, saying, “This is a resource center for:
* online businesses just starting to develop their international business strategy
* brick and mortar businesses starting to develop their international business and who want to harness the power of international internet marketing”

More International Sales presents International Sales Negotiation Tips For American Women posted at More International Sales, saying, “As a North American International Sales & Marketing professional in Europe for over 20 years I have a fair bit of negotiation experience between North Americans and Europeans. As I was often the most multilingual person in the office I was often called in desperation when my colleagues thought all communications had be permanently severed with their clients.”

Simple International Business Development presents 3 Easy Steps To Attract International Business Through Your Website posted at Simple International Business Development, saying, “Your online business can have global visibility. But is your message getting across to different cultures as you expect it? Are you able to adapt quickly to global market opportunities you see pop up? Or would you like to know how to quickly target different international audiences, with little investment on your part?”

Research International Markets presents 3 Easy Steps To Small Business International Development posted at Research International Markets, saying, “Some companies feel they have a global market e-commerce with an online presence. But are the international clients coming to your online store? And if they are, how did they find you? Does your online website have a real presence in foreign countries?”

Richard McLaughlin presents My New Browser Google Chrome posted at Oh, the Places You’ll Go, saying, “What Google is calling ‘a fresh take on the browser’

Google spent a lot of time building an Explorer killing web browser which they have called Chrome. Google Chrome allows users to browse, search, chat, email and collaborate so much more in a browser that is faster than any of the others that I use. I use Firefox for the plugins, Opera when I want to browse because it does nto ahve the plugins and so it is faster, Flock, Safari and Explorer as test browsers for the sites that I work on (all browsers have to work!)”

Effective Blogging

Disney Lai presents Personalities count when it comes to generating traffic posted at SIMPLICTY@gombui.net, saying, “I believe a well known personality does help to boost your internet traffic in no time.”

Other Strategies

Brian Terry presents 7 Revealing Questions About Your Website Design You Probably Wished You Asked Earlier? posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Susan Tatum presents Business Website Development – Testing and Measuring | Technology Marketing by Tatum Marketing posted at Technology Marketing by Tatum Marketing.

Welly Mulia presents 5 Reasons Why You Need To Track Your Visitors posted at Internet Business Make Money Online With Welly Mulia.

Welly Mulia presents 1 Powerful Trick To Boost Your Affiliate Marketing Income posted at Internet Business Make Money Online With Welly Mulia.

Welly Mulia presents Internet Business Make Money Online With Welly Mulia » Stupid People Succeed Faster? posted at Internet Business Make Money Online With Welly Mulia.

Rich Mc presents HopHunt.com Going Crazy Has Given Away Over $70 Million in Free PPC Ads posted at HopHunt.com Free PPC Blog, saying, “Free PPC Traffic.”

SEO / SEM

Brian Terry presents 7 ways to design a website? without designing a website posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Saikrishna Reddy presents Php Website with PHP-Nuke flavor posted at Php Website with PHP-Nuke flavor.

Saikrishna Reddy presents HR Outsourcing posted at HR Outsourcing.

Social Media Tools

Meg presents Thoughts On Twitter posted at Simpson’s Paradox.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of internet traffic using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Published by Patrick on 22 Sep 2008

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Published by Patrick on 17 Sep 2008

Just got back from Vancouver. …

Just got back from Vancouver. IMC 2008 was fantastic and my Social Media panel was outstanding. Now, it’s back to work!!

Published by Patrick on 12 Sep 2008

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Published by Patrick on 10 Sep 2008

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Flying to Vancouver for the 2008 Internet Marketing Conference! The workshop I’m giving and the panel I’m moderating are both on Friday.

Published by Patrick on 10 Sep 2008

Generating Internet Traffic: Carnival 07

Welcome to the September 9, 2008 edition of internet traffic.

Rod presents Collect traffic and backlinks by participating in Blog Carnivals posted at Hippo Web Solutions, saying, “Blog carnivals are a great springboard for building traffic to your site, and great places to network with other bloggers in the same position as yourself.”

Jemima Holbert presents Finding a good SEO Company in India posted at Cignus Web’s – Blog.

Brian Terry presents 5 Powerful Ways To Instantly Jump Start Your Article Marketing posted at Big Yellow Blog of Turbo Marketing Secrets, saying, “Article Marketing is the process of distributing information online that proves your expertise within your niche market. Article Marketing also helps you build 100’s of inbound links for your website that help you attract more quality traffic which lead to increased sales and revenue.”

Article Marketing

Jimmy Adames presents Article Marketing Strategies – 4 Practical Steps To Success posted at Internet Business Building, saying, “Promoting your business on the Internet can be financially costly if you use paid advertising, but there is a great way to increase traffic to your website without the high costs by using article marketing strategies that work.”

Nicholas Powiull presents How to Attract Money into Your Life & Get into the Mind-Set of Abundance (My Personal Experience): by Nicholas Powiull posted at Conscious Flex, saying, “There is only one reason people come to your blog. This article will explain what that is and how to attract money from it. Building traffic is as easy as know this one important key about money!”

Effective Blogging

MoneyNing presents Turn Off the Internet When You Write posted at Busy Blogging Dot Com, saying, “Turn off the internet and concentrate!”

Other Strategies

Sagar Satapathy presents Test your Website: A 57-Point Checklist for Maximum Usability posted at Virtual Hosting.

Raymond presents The Best Credit Card Rewards For Google Ads and Search Advertising posted at Money Blue Book.

SEO / SEM

Nesher presents Relevance Spirit Freeware to improve Website Competiveness posted at Blogging for Good in the Modern World.

Fred Black presents Playing Chicken with Google posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog..

Social Media Tools

Mahyar presents Joomla: Content Managment System posted at Technology, saying, “Perfect way to set up a system to attract traffic and to create an online community”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of internet traffic using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Published by Patrick on 08 Sep 2008

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Published by Patrick on 04 Sep 2008

Complete WordPress Installation for just $375

After dozens of requests, Tactical Execution is now offering a complete WordPress Installation Package including a theme and 10 essential plugins for just $375.  This comprehensive website & blog platform comes with 27 pages already created and published (Home, About, Contact, Services, Resources, etc.) and 3 blog posts already published under the Blog tab.

Read more about the Installation Package.  Visit the Demo Site.  It’s a killer deal!

The included plugins are pivitol to the package.  They include extensive social media integration including Social Bookmarking buttons, ‘share this’ email capability and the famed Twitter Tools application, allowing you to seamlessly integrate your blog with your Twitter account.  The platform also comes standard with Akismet (for comment spam), two powerful SEO tools, an Event Calendar, a custom forms generator and a Google-compliant sitemap.

The platform comes complete with extensive user instructions including (1) how to add or edit a page, (2) how to add an image, (3) how to change the header graphic, (4) how to change your password, (5) how to navigate the WordPress Dashboard, (6) how to change the theme, (7) how to install more plugins, (8) how to add or modify widgets, (9) how to blog effectively, (10) how to optimize your website for the search engines and (11) where to find additional educational resources to get you started.

Everything is already done.  WordPress is fully installed and upgraded.  The theme is in place.  All the plugins are installed and activated.  The basic page structure is already built.  The blog tab is ready for your blogs posts.  Five widgets are already installed.  We even included some sample text so you’d have an idea how to build out each individual page.

WordPress is an open source platform.  That means its free.  But the time and energy you’ll spend trying to figure it out at first will make you wish you had a professional do the installation.  We can offer such a great deal because we have parts of the installation process automated with our hosting provider.  This is a spectacular way for you to build out your online identity quickly and easily.

Read more about the Installation Package.  Visit the Demo Site.  Hit the ground running!

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Published by Patrick on 02 Sep 2008

Generating Internet Traffic: Carnival 06

Welcome to the September 2, 2008 edition of internet traffic.

Maryland SEO presents Maryland SEO Consultant Reveals 5 Strategies for a More Profitable Business Website posted at Maryland SEO and Internet Marketing.

Michael Snyder presents 15 Things That Are Wrong With America posted at The Moral Collapse Of America.

banquet manager thatsme presents We’re The “Blog of the Day” posted at So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager….

James Lee presents The Unexpected Benefit of Taking Things Personally posted at Online Business Freedom.

Robert Phillips presents How to Use Blog Carnivals to Increase Traffic posted at How to Create a DVD without Spending a Dime.

Edith presents BizTechDay – Use Technology to Grow Your Business, Saturday October 25 San Francisco posted at BIZtechDay.

Paul Gallion presents Get Your Own ?Quick-Start? Branded e-Book System posted at Paul Gallion.

Effective Blogging

Alex_Sysoef presents Extending Blog Into Info Product posted at WordPress Web 2.0 How-To Spot-er, saying, “As a blogger writing in a specific niche you might already have nearly everything you need to create your very own first product… an eBook, report or a guide in any other format. Successful info product does one of the two things (well, perhaps more but we concentrate on the 2):

* Addresses a burning need by providing solution
* Saves time”

Online Directories

Rod presents Difficulty getting listed on Technorati? posted at Hippo Web Solutions, saying, “I took me much longer than I expected to get my site listed on Technorati – they seemed to just ignore my pings. The eventual solution, when I discovered it, was very simple though.”

Other Strategies

Steve Faber presents - How to Get Free Traffic, Boost Credibility, and Supercharge Your Small Business Marketing posted at Home Based Business Success.

Leah Mansback presents I?m a Tweeter, He?s a Tweeter? Wouldn?t you like to Twitter too? posted at “Making Good” with PMG Creative.

Sarah Scrafford presents 100 Excellent Web Tools for Healthy Eating posted at Nursing School Search Blog.

Susan Tatum presents Business Website Design: Help – Don’t Hinder – Your Visitors. | Technology Marketing by Tatum Marketing posted at Technology Marketing by Tatum Marketing.

Kacper Wrzesniewski presents My Top 5 Traffic Sources After 6 Months Blogging posted at KacperWrzesniewski.com, saying, “I prepared short list of my top 5 traffic sources since the beginning of my blog.”

SEO / SEM

Eric Brown presents THE SECRET TO SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION SUCCESS posted at SEO TIPS 4 U Blog.

Raffi presents Traffic Equalizer – Massive Targeted Traffic to your Website posted at Quality Building & Decorative Materials & Products – Photorealistic 3D Architectural Rendering, saying, “Fast, Easy & 100% guaranteed to drive unlimited traffic no matter what website or product you’re promoting.”

Social Media Tools

Leah Mansback presents What the F**K is Social Media? posted at “Making Good” with PMG Creative.

Kelly Sonora presents The Ultimate Guide to Google Knol: 50+ Tips and Tricks posted at Smart Teaching.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of internet traffic using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Published by Patrick on 01 Sep 2008

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just finished a conference call with the Entrepreneur & Small Business Academy. It was a great call, all about Social Media Integration.