More Free Blogging Resources

Posted by on Sep 20, 2010 in Guest Editorials, Web Site Promotion, Webmaster Resources | 1 comment


How many times have you found a new place to start your own blog only to realize that it is not so useful or user friendly? Probably more than once. Some of the biggest and best blogging sites on the internet have their own format that may make getting started a slow process. There is no reason to waste your time trying to learn a whole new blogging setup when you can get your own blog on a familiar interface that you may have some experience with. I almost always use WordPress for my personal blogs and sites and it is always a good thing to have a few different blog hosts up your sleeve if you are promoting yourself or anything else online. Here is yet another great free blogging site I recently ran across and wanted to share with my readers here on the Webmaster Business Plan.

Free Blog Hosting should be easy to understand and simple to use. The okayblog.net site uses a very familiar blogging platform to many, there free blog platform is built on WordPress, so if you have ever build a site using WordPress you already know how to use this award winning blog platform. You can start blogging here for your first time and know right where to get started with no problems. This free blog host has a lot of great features and is building a huge and very successful blogging community. If you are looking for a site to expand your web site exposure or are just looking for a rock solid blog host to begin your own blog, this site is a great place to get started for free!

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Thoughts.com Amazing Blogging Experience For Free!

Posted by on Sep 20, 2010 in Guest Editorials, Link Building, Webmaster Resources | 0 comments


Thoughts.com is a social conversation site that connects like-minded people. Learn how to start a blog and share your thoughts!

If you are like me then you are always looking for a new blog site to start building some great content and of course a few back links to your main site. This is one of the strongest ways to build authority to any web site and can be a great way to develop some strong targeted traffic to your site to. You must keep in mind that even your third party blogs must be full of rich content that is either helpful or valuable to the reader to make this method become effective in your overall site promotion efforts. Blogging is a powerful way to get people interested in your topic of choice, but you have to give the reader enough information to show them that you are an authority on the topic.

There are many great blogging sites on the internet, it seems that most of the better quality blogging sites will offer a free version of their blogging software. However, if you are wanting to take full advantage of all of their blogging features you have to upgrade to a paying membership level. This is not how it works at the thoughts.com free blogging site. You can get a free account, start blogging and get all the feature rich blogging options that you would expect from a paid blogging site for absolutely free. This web site has a lot to offer any blogger for business or personal blogs.

If you are used to blogging on other popular blog web sites, you will be able to pick this new site up within seconds and if you have never blogged on a free blog site before you will be able to get your own free blog setup in a couple of minutes using the easy to use controls and great help that this site provides to all of its members. There are a lot of reasons to get a free blog site on the thoughts.com network, if you are an internet marketer knowing that this is a PR6 site should be enough! Go grab your free account today and start blogging.

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Do It Yourself Mobile Marketing

Posted by on Aug 26, 2010 in Guest Editorials | 0 comments


Most of the readers of the Webmaster Business Plan are already making an online income from their promotional efforts. Some people are using SEO tactics to drive massive traffic to an affiliate offer, some are using the power of social media to draw in new clients and some have even built their own mailing list to the point where they simply market using email.  How ever you are building your online empire, I am sure that you are still looking for a way to move your business forward. The next wave of untapped cash market is mobile advertising. The short code marketing world is just getting warmed up and is going to be the next explosion for all types of marketers.

There are only a few places that you can capitalize on this market right now. As new standards are being created there will surely be some new places that are offering some sort of new media system to allow marketers and content providers to meet up.  There is one place that allows for direct messaging right now. You can use this do-it-yourself mobile messaging service to market just about anything.  There are a few different ways you can utilize the mobile messaging services to promote.  You can create a contest, broadcast or even create your own text coupons to bring customers back to your store to shop.

The mobile marketing industry is still in its infancy and this is one of those “get in on the ground floor” deals you always hear about. The only difference is that there is no stopping this paradigm shift, we can already see it taking place. Just ask Apple and Google! If you are interested in researching the text messaging business, this Text Message Blog has a lot of great information.  You can read about some industry news and learn more about the methods being used and how this type of advertising really works here.

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Do You Need A Professional Display?

Posted by on Aug 10, 2010 in Guest Editorials | 0 comments


There are many places where a pop-up display can really come in handy.  Everything from science fairs to business presentations and even trade shows are just some places you may need such a display. To get your idea, concept or business proposition across correctly, you must present yourself and your company correctly. Using the best options to display your information can be a great place to start.

Have you ever been to a trade show where there are sorts of cool pop up displays?  These can be very expensive and very extravagant.  Depending on what type of presentation is being put on I have seen hundreds of different stands and some pretty cool props. There are some great trade show pop up displays and more that can really make you and your business look much more professional.

Taking the time to plan out your display and your presentation is part of any successful trade show. If you have never planned for such a presentation before you will want to make sure you consult somebody who has, it is amazing what you can learn from somebody who has even the smallest experience in this area. The pop up trade show displays are probably the most commonly used and the easiest to transport too. If you are looking for a display that can go with you anywhere and one that can hold all sorts of posters, pictures and more with ease.

What Types Of Displays Are there?

- Custom pop ups are available with internal shelving, back lighting, different shapes, monitors, dye cut graphics and more.

- Backlit pop ups are like a giant light box.  Special panels and lights are hung behind the display and a large transparency graphic is hung on the front.

- Table top pop ups are available for budget conscious end users and are built in miniature.

- Graphic mural pop up trade show displays feature graphic “skins”.  Their fabric counterparts feature velcro receptive fabric to allow users to attach detachable graphics to the face.

Bubble kits allow back lit graphics to extend in front of the wall to give a different look.

3D pop up displays offer a unique way of displaying graphics and are the easiest to set up.

If you company or corperate presence requires something a little more professional and possible larger too, pop up booths may be what you need.  No matter what type of display you are going to be using, make sure to buy something that will represent your company correctly. With so many choices you will be sure to find the right trade show display if you take your time and work with a reputable provider.

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Small Business Hosting Options

Posted by on Aug 1, 2010 in Guest Editorials | 0 comments


If you run and maintain a small business then you most likely are always looking for new ways to get more value while still saving money.  Choosing the right hosting environment to house your servers can be a big decision and can offer a huge ROI if you choose wisely. When you are looking at different hosting options, there is a lot more to take into consideration than simple the price of the service. Many people think that choosing a cheap host means that you will be saving money and trading for quality or a good support system.  However, this is not always true.  Reading reviews and finding out what other existing customers have experienced with any web hosting company is the only way to really tell what type of service they are offering.

If your business required a dedicated servers and has members of the team who can manage and maintain the server remotely, this is one of the most cost effective ways to offer your clients and business members a strong web presence while maintaining a low overhead for the services rendered.  This is often the hosting option that a small business will choose for their online needs. SuperB is offering some great prices and packages to any company that is serious about getting their website online and working with a reliable team of hosting professionals. There are many other choices, but these guys are definitely worth a look.

Small businesses may need more robust and stronger server components to assure that there web applications and other high traffic managed services are always up and maintain a stable remote server environment. Many companies have found that using managed hosting and colocation server setups are the best way to keep their server online all the time while still giving them a high standard of speed, functionality and uptime.  This may not be financially feasible to some new startups, but for most this is well within the IT price range.

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Are You Loosing Traffic?

Posted by on Jul 18, 2010 in Guest Editorials | 1 comment


I found this new form of traffic generation simply intriguing. The company is called Recrue Media and they perform a specific type of marketing that I have never seen offered on any other seo site in the world. Very unique and very beneficial to sites that are trying to stop traffic leaks and bring their visitors back to their own websites.  The concept that they use is called retargeting.  For businesses that sell online it could be remarketing actually, because for many online sellers, reminding customers what you have even after they leave your site is the best way to make more sales.

The concept is rather simple and that is the beauty of the service to me. It goes like this, a visitor searches or stumbles on to your site, many visitors will leave within seconds, this is referred to as “bounced” traffic in the seo industry.  These visitors came to your site, but may have seen an advertisement they clicked on or followed any other link on your site an left for what ever reason. The retargeting companies take this traffic and display your ads to bring them right back in.  It makes since, if you are looking for a product and checking out similar sites and you keep seeing images reminding your of a certain company, the chances are that you too would give them a second look.

If you interested in taking advantage of this new marketing service and finding out how retargeting can bring you more sales, longer lasting visits and really give you site more repeat visits that you have ever seen before take a look at the Recrue Media site.  They have some really nice media displays to further explain how their service works and you never know, this could be the answer to your high bounce rate, so see if you can stop your traffic leak using this intuitive service.

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