
September 14th, 2011

Henry
Facebook is pleased to announce their innovative new feature for businesses – check-in deals. This exciting new feature will allow businesses to reach local customers and get the word out about their company!
Want to advertise to a specific group of people but find it difficult to reach your target audience through traditional methods? Check-in deals operates using the word of mouth effect, making it possible to advertise to a larger group of people once you have reached a few. Customers receive rewards such as special deals on merchandise or services based on their Facebook check-ins to the business. Giving back to customers in return for their promotion is the best way to thank them for their patronage and ensure their loyalty in the future.

August 24th, 2011

Henry
Google Places, previously known as Google Local, is an excellent way to create an online listing for your business. Listing a business on Google Places is free, and you do not need to have a website in order to create a listing. Important things to consider and include in your listing include:
• Appropriate keywords
• As many suitable categories as possible
• Lots of pictures and videos
• Ratings and reviews

August 24th, 2011

Henry
Article marketing is a common way for businesses to promote their products and services. In the process, they can provide more information to consumers than they can with traditional ads. However, there are several things that need to be taken into consideration in order to write an effective article for marketing purposes, including:
• Catchy titles
• Straightforwardness
• Using bulleted lists
• Well-written summaries
• Posting links to social networks
• Using search engine optimization (SEO)
• Establishing credibility
• Presenting accurate information

July 11th, 2011

Henry
Along with search engines, links are one of the main ways to help increase your site’s traffic. And links themselves actually help with good search engine optimization, as links to and from your site are taken into account by search engine crawlers. There are numerous different types of links, and plenty of ways to get these links. The three most basic and common types of links are one way, multi way, and reciprocal. From the basics of how links work through an explanation of these three key types of links, here is what you need to know about linking.

July 11th, 2011

Henry
Nothing can be more frustrating for internet users than a slow webpage loading speed. While dial up is quickly fading away in favor of faster high speed internet, there are still pages that load up more slowly than others. Impatient users may leave a page before it finishes loading, and your site’s loading speed will even factor into search engine optimization. From understanding why SEO is affected to tips on speeding up your page, here are four things you should understand about website loading speed.