Thursday, July 12, 2007

GooglePages are FUN! You have one yet?

Here is the "about" page for Google Pages

Google page basically allows you to make a couple of webpages for yourself. You do have some access to the html, so you can dress them up a bit! One requirement is to get the gmail (basically google's email program) in order to do this. I personally didn't think it was all that big of deal! You can still use your own email and passcode to sign into your google account. My sign in name is the one I choose for gmail so don't let it take you back when you see it after you sign in! It wont' show your email name that you opened your google account with anymore.

The more items you use OFF this program the more webspace you can use! For example, I still use photobucket for my images. My account as of now still has tons of space left! The help section seems to be pretty active, and if you do a search for what you are looking for chances are you will find it!

I was reading the help section, and I came upon a poster that had his own googlepage with tips! I went there and did some fast reading. I learned that you can use templates from other places, and NOT use the ones avaiable! That is all fine and great except you have to break the template UP and place in the separate sections of their TEMPLATE! I found that out the hard way! When you start playing around with it you see the button to edit the html, and so of course I did! I erased all the html that was there, and then copied my template html that I worked on instead. What I didn't realize is that I placed my entire template within the header portion of the page, and it looked AWFUL! You have to break up your template into the separate sections.

The preview section isn't all that helpful! I found you must view it live in order to get a good feel for what it will look like live! YES you can play around with it without it being LIVE on the internet, and if you decide to take it down off the internet it gives you that option also!

My page is still a work in progress! Here is is!

Engraver For You

Now you can't add meta tags or keywords into your html from what I have read. You must make sure your page is keyword rich, and do this naturally! Then make sure you get some of those one way links to drive up the page rank of your site!

Helpful tip page from another google page member

What I would LIKE to do is use this page for an entrance into my ecrater store! I placed a note on my google page noting that if they click the 'baseball' button for example it will take them to the baseball trophy section of my store! I will be adding additional sports trophies, and pages with time. Remember to use your anchor text along with other items!

Car Magnet Full Color Design up to 72 Square inches



The Full Color Car Magnet images above are samples with approximate sizes. You may request the design or layout of any of these samples or describe what you would like and we will lay it out for you. Team sport magnets will be customized to your school colors (and mascots or logo if available).

Click on images above for larger view. 4" x 18" or 6" x 12" or 8" x 9" are popular sizes! Basically up to 72 square inches in a rectangle shape

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

How to Get Your Blog Noticed Quickly and Widely

Below is an article I found that I felt was VERY useful!

How to Get Your Blog Noticed Quickly and Widely
By Gregory White

1. Submit your blog to all of the directories listed on http://pingomatic.com/. Pingomatic will ping 15 services all at once.

2. Ping your blog after every post at http://pingomatic.com/

3. Here's a real gem: Submit your blog to http://www.pingoat.com/ Pingoat will ping over fifty blog ping services all at once. So you don't have to hunt for ping services and manually ping them. Pingoat pings over fifty blog ping servers (growing) with just one click.

4. Ping your blog after every post at Pingoat at http://www.pingoat.com/

5. Sign up for a free account at BlogExplosion.com and register your blog there: http://www.blogexplosion.com/

6. Submit your blog to all of the directores listed at http://www.rss-feeds-directory.com/blog_lists.html

7. Sign up for a "My Yahoo" at http://my.yahoo.com/ and attach your blog to your own "My Yahoo" account. This will get your blog included in Yahoo very quickly. This is worth the effort to stop what you're doing right and do it, since Yahoo has a PR 9.

8. Use this code: "http://add.my.yahoo.com/content?url= http://www.yourblog.com/urblog.xml" in your blog to allow others to put your feed on their own "My Yahoo" account.

9. Sign up for a "My MSN" at http://www.my.msn.com/, and attach your blog to your own "My MSN" account. This will get your blog included in MSN very quickly. This is also invaluable because MSN has a PR 8.

10. Use this code: "http://my.msn.com/addtomymsn.armx?id= rss&ut=http://www.urblogfeedaddress.com/urblog.xml" in your blog to allow others to put your feed on their own "My MSN" account.

11. Place the link and description of your blog in your signature, so that any posts to Forums, Outgoing Emails, Autoresponder Courses, etc, will promote your blog.

12. Post a link and description of your blog on each of your sites.

13. Place your blog on all the major search engines. AddMe.com will submit your blog free to the top 14 Search engines here:
http://www.addme.com/submission.htm

SubmitExpress.com will submit your blog free to the top 20 Search engines here:
http://www.submitexpress.com/

14. Use Article Directories as a resource for articles to post on your blog. Here are a few:
http://ezinearticles.com/
http://goarticles.com/
http://www.knowledge-finder.com/
http://www.informit.com/articles/

15. Locate blogs with a lot of traffic and place useful comments in their comment box. Be sure the blog and your comments are relavent to both your blog and theirs. Senseless posts won't help you, they'll hurt you.

16. Once you get around 5 to 10 posts on your blog, start a PR campaign and announce it to all relevant channels.

17. Make a blog post as often as possible. More than once a day is not really necessary. Remember, if you can't write that much, go to step # 14.







Greg White, Internet Marketer, Author, Consultant and Project Manager has been running successful web projects since 2001. His sites and blogs cover Blog Marketing Tactics, Internet Marketing Tactics and a variety of 'Niche' topics, in addition to starting and marketing profitable web project.


http://www.blogmarketingtactics.blogspot.com/
http://internetmarketingtactics.blogspot.com/

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Gregory_White

Soccer ball Lighted Resin with High Gloss Wooden Base
lighted soccerball lamp
Soccer ball Lighted Sports Lamp. This trophy or gift will be well received by your recipient! They come in specially designed boxes!With this charming design that includes "AA" battery. It has an on/off switch on the bottom of the wooden base. The base is a high gloss finish. Use it as a trophy or a gift for that someone special!They are overall 4.5" in height, and the engraved plate is 1" x 3 3/8" in size.
Part Number LTR102
We will send your engraved plates separately!

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Logo's and their importance!

Seth's blog has an article about Logo's that I felt was very worth the read!

People get so caught up in the logo process at times, and they forget at first that logo isn't going to do much for them! I'm not saying you shouldn't do a good job in making one! Of course that is important, but don't waste a lot of money and NOT follow up with your customer service etc to make it WORTH something!

The logo will be worth something once you branded the company well enough! They used the example of a well-known company that has a picture of an apple with a bite taken out of it! You can imagine how well that logo would be recognized (and worth the price they paid for it) if their computers were not worth turning ON in the first place!

We had a local chamber here that was rather large! They made the decision one year to change their image around, and go for a new look. NOW that isn't a bad idea all the time! The problem with the organization was it didn't need a new LOOK it needed to restructure certain areas of their organization to attract some untapped markets! They were more geared towards BIG BUSINESS, and they were missing the boat on the small businesses in the area. Their goal was to attract them with their new look. They paid $6000 I think it was for this NEW look, but it didn't attract what they were aiming for! Why? Their logo had nothing to do with WHAT they could do for the small businesses in that area! Their attitude and services that they could provide for those small businesses just wasn't there! I'm sure at first they got their memberships, but the true test is renewal which they failed at. Each year they are constantly on the run to make the up difference, and couldn’t figure out WHY retention is so hard! Was their $6000 investment worth it? The logo may have been if they took the time to work on things.

Logo’s don’t bring in loyal customers – service and good product does!

Bone Shaped Namebadge Nametag Engraved

Bone Shaped Namebadge Nametag

This Bone shaped namebadge nametag is engraved with your information, and has a pin backing. We also individually package each one - See pictures! The bone shaped badge or tag is approx. 1.25 (h) x 3.50 (l)

**Please note LOGO is not included! If you would like your logo there is an extra charge. Contact us via email with your design for quote!

The plastic pictured is not the only color available, and please inquire if you would like other options!

This badge would be great for Orthopaedic Or Pet Related industries!

If you would like to have a magnet or (+2.00) or bulldog tip (+.50) we substitute that for you instead. Pinback is included in the price.

Please see the pictures for the visuals of the back of the badge, additional ways of placing your TEXT on this special shape!

This item can be resold, and our company would be happy to drop ship for you!

Have another special shape you would like? Drop us a note, and we will see how we can make that reality for you!!

Order more than 5 badges, and we will offer you free U.S.P.S. First Class Mail shipping!

Monday, June 4, 2007

Placing your own images on Squidoo

There is an option to upload on squidoo, but you have more control over your images when you use a little html.



Above the code for today!

Anyway, the first thing you need is a place to host your pictures for you to use on squidoo! I personally have been using www.photobucket.com for years! Once you place your images on your photobucket account (or whom every you use to host your images) we can go on to the next step!



these are your options with photobucket, and for this example we are going to use the top choice or URL link! Replace the website information that is given in the code I showed on top with this code that you grabbed from your photobucket account. Right now you are READY! You have now written for your html coded picture ready to use on squidoo!



The code above allows you to hyperlink your picture directly to the site it refers to!



If you click on the above picture it will take you directly to my squidoo page for the hat shaped name badges! The above code will allow you to do the same things with your items! As you may have figured out already, the top set of quotes is for the website you want them to go to, and the second set of quotes is the photobucket URL link for your picture! Pretty cool huh?

I'm going to show another picture with directions this time. Just I just grabbed a screen shot with directions! This is how you wrap text around your picture in squidoo!



Sunday, June 3, 2007

Squidoo and the email link!

If you wish to include a link so your vistors in squidoo can email you that is very simple! YES we are talking basic HTML again! The last example was pretty simple, and this one will be also!



Again try to use some anchor text instead of EMAIL ME!
Take out your notepad program again, and don't use the word processor! In the first section between the quotes ("") you have some text that states mailto: leave that part alone, and delete the rest of it! Place your own email address in that blank!



Again between the >< place the text you wish to see highlighted in your module over at squidoo!

My Email Contact is what it will look like! AND YOUR DONE!

Basic html on squidoo is a really neat idea to personalize your modules, and make them something people will want to return to!

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Squidoo and the hyperlink!

I have been extremely busy lately, but I finally had the time to do two Squidoo lens for the store online! Within 5 minutes of posting the first one I had 7 visits and a rating of 5.

Now it would seem to me that the more relevant tags you use (and if you think about its really KEYWORDS) the more success you might have for traffic! Its really strange to start so low, and watch the numbers grow day by day! Don't forget to use the keyword tools I placed on the sidebar to make sure you use something that the search engines like!
What is NICE about squidoo is that you are able to use html. Now don't get excited because basic html really isn't all that hard to learn! When you find little pieces of code save them in the notepad program and not your word processor.

You can use HTML in the modules that they supply. From what I have figured out - all of them! The first module has the html editor in there, and that did confused me because the rest of them didn't! For visual purposes make sure you click 'wrap text' for that module that offers the html editor. I added the code directly into the other modules. Here are some basic html codes for you.

We are going to start by making a hyperlink. That means you click on some words and it ZOOMS you to that website! Below is the code:



When making a hyperlink to a website don't forget to use that ANCHOR text! Don't use 'click here' for my site! Remember your tagline for your website, blog, store etc and use that! For this example I will use the title of my lens. Above is a snippet of code to paste into your note pad program! Then I will explain it!

Now you see the website in the first part between the quotes (“ “)? That is your first section! The easiest way at first is to actually GO to the website you want to hyperlink, and look to the address bar! Highlight that address (the whole thing) with your mouse and copy it. You can do that a couple of ways.

1. Right click and hit copy
2. Look to the very TOP of the screen and click Edit and click the copy command
3. Click your control button or CTRL button and then hit the C button.

Next go into that code above and delete the domain dot com part (the whole thing), and just leave the quotes. With then paste your website address in there!

1. Right click and hit paste
2. Edit again and then click paste
3. Control (CTRL) and V

Now wasn’t that easy? YEP and you are halfway there!
The second part isn’t that hard either! In between the >< where is says my website – delete that and USE your anchor text! Below is a hyperlink right to the page I mentioned before! I will get you another basic lesson tomorrow!

Below is an example that I used with the squidoo link to my page that I am talking about the badge in the description below!

Name Tag or Name Badge Full Color and Tooth Shaped Dentist



Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Do you Squidoo? Could help your Traffic!

For the last couple of days I have been helping a partner from another site Emotional Abuse and Your Faith put up some Squidoo pages. It seems to be fairly simple, and easy to do! Its nice because they do have a blog going into more detail, and also a forum you can go to and ask questions! Use your keywords, and you also need (at times) some basic HTML.

When you read the squidoo site they speak about 'lens', and basically all that means is a web page! We took a couple of her pages, and a couple of new articles that she wrote and placed them on squidoo. As we searched around a bit we found new ways of doing this to gain some income. YES squidoo will pay you for being there! They have adsense articles on your page, and you also can choose some advertisers as well. You have a choice of either pocketing the cash, donating it to a charity, and part of it to a charity.

You can use up to 40 keywords, and like most other places you use visit some other pages to get an idea of HOW they format, and what keywords they use. We used her articles to promote BOTH her blog (Emotional Abuse and Your Faith), this blog (Nice Used Clothes For Charity), and the store (Ecrater - Nice Used Clothes For Charity) we write about here. I haven't checked with her, but I have noticed that I got some hits from it already here! Our ranking when we placed the articles on there at the beginning was +100,000, and it has risen to +20,000 in a couple of days.

We both figured out HOW to do the pages, and this morning I submitted them to search engines and blog engines as well! I sent out a couple of emails to friends about it, and she is going to place her pages on her blog. This week I plan on placing some advertising for the store on there.

Here are a couple of her pages:

Emotional Abuse and Your Faith - Introduction Page

When Everything I do is not right!

Is this the Proper Form of Communication?

The Abusive Person

Jesus Heals Abuse Board - Domestic, Verbal and Emotional Abuse

Head over to Squidoo, and gets your ranking to grow and traffic to your site! We will write about this more later! Let us know what you can learned!

Jaclyn Smith Womens Sweater Gorgeous White w/ pearls crochet

Jaclyn Smith Womens Sweater Gorgeous White w/ pearls crochet

White to Light Ivory Jaclyn Smith Sweater with Pearls, Extra Embellishments in Stitching, and some silver metallic thread – Please see smaller portion in picture to see some of the detail!

It has a crocheted neckline with a pearled hoop closure in the back.

Tags states: RN 79286, Style NO 9373

73% Acrylic, 24% Nylon

Size Large

Hand wash with mild soap – do not twist or wring – reshape dry flat

Garment laying down flat

Armpit-to-Armpit 23”

Shoulder-to-Shoulder 23”

Inseam armpit to hem of sleeve 20

Shoulder to Hem at bottom 25.5”

This Jaclyn Smith sweater is in perfect shape – not a mark on it! I would be surprised if it was worn ONCE! The detail on the top of the sweater is JUST very detailed and very feminine! It’s hard to get all the detail in this beautiful Jaclyn Smith sweater!

Friday, May 25, 2007

Guaranteed Linkbacks - Here is HOW!

As we have spoken about before linkbacks can help you in your quest for search engine rankings, technorati, and also traffic to your site!

Courtneytuttle.com has a neat list on his site called, "D-list". This list is some blogs that have added some special HTML that states their blog will follow you automatically when you leave a comment on their blog - or linkback to you. If you use this service - or actually major favor - they don't want some crazy comments, spam, etc. I would assume just like any other blog they will delete the comment! They are truly looking for GOOD comments to keep the dialog going! Just like you would wish for your own site!

Right now the site has a list of over 170 blogs to choosee from. If you read a couple that seriously don't do anything for you don't worry about it! The list has quite a selection to choose from! Not only do you get a cool linkback, but you might learn something. You might even find a site that keeps your interest so you keep coming back, and find new friends!

Pretty cool huh?

Billiards or Pool Resin Statue Trophy Award Gift Full Color

Billiards or Pool Resin Statue Trophy Award Gift Full Color

Billiards or Pool Resin Statue Trophy Award Gift Full Color

Billiards or Pool Full Color Award is individually boxed.
They are approx 4.5" tall, and accept 7/8"x 2 7/8" plate approx.
Shipping is based off one item shipped.

PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to purchase more than one item at a time contact us directly because the system will charge you shipping per item, and not group the order together. We will invoice you directly (supply us with your zip code), and we will ship out the best way available.
With this charming design you have the weight of resin material, and you can see the details of the figures. Something new besides the traditional awards we may have received in the past. I always get comments of PRAISE from these types of products!

They are individually boxed and we will send you an engraved plate for it.

You have a group that you need to buy for? NO PROBLEM...we can do groups for you as well! Please let us know the number you need, and we will arrange to get your what you would like for your engraving.

Product is normally shipped out within 2 business days if not sooner AFTER payment has cleared!

We will do combined shipping, and you can order different items as well. For orders of 2+ please contact us for a shipping quote!

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Get Better Traffic with Anchor Text!

I guess some people would ask first, "What the heck is anchor text?" GOOD question, and in a short answer is linked text is usually relevant to the landing page. The objective of search engines is to provide highly relevant search results; this is where anchor text helps, as the tendency is, more often than not, to hyperlink words relevant to the landing page.

For example John Chow likes to use "Make Money Online". Do you see how I linked his tag-line to his site? Make Money On-line is the ANCHOR text, and the landing page? HIS website in this example! John Chow speaks a lot about making money on-line so it is relevant to the anchor text, and it also helps his ranking when others use this to link to his site! Matter of fact he ASKS you to do it that way!

I read a while back CLICK HERE is used a lot in sites that offer their readers the link to Adobe for their program to read their articles in .pdf. In the search engines if you check to see WHO has the highest ranking for the words "CLICK HERE" it would be THEM! Click here has nothing to DO with their software at all, but something tells me they don't mind the ranking they get for using it! On the funny side its a good example of something NOT relevant if you think about it!

Use your keyword tools to come with up a tagline that would be revelant, and something people actually SEARCH for! I was thinking about "build a store online", but it doesn't seem to popular! I will have to brainstorm, and come up with something SOON!

Remember if your sites name is jackflash.com it may not be all that relevant to what your SITE is about! Remember that search engines also don't like those anchor text being to long. Keep it short and simple! "jackflash.com home of the really fast photo developing" is WAY to long for a search engine to even bother with you! SHORT and SWEET!

Keep something else in mind as well! If you are signing up with a directories, webring, etc and they give you the opportunity to give that tag line instead of your website USE IT! That is also Anchor text!

Blog about money online has an excellent article to continue your reading on the subject now that you have the basics!

Now get that anchor text, and drive that TRAFFIC home!

Tommy Hilfiger Womens Jeans Capri Destroyed low rise Size 5

Tommy Hilfiger Womens Jeans Capri Destroyed low rise Size 5

Tommy Hilfiger Womens Jeans Capri Destroyed low rise Size 5

These Tommy Hilfiger jeans are used, but have alot of wear left in them!

Freight based off Flat Priority Mail.

These measurements are taken with Tommy Hilfiger pants laying down!

Waist approx 31"

Hips (from bottom of zipper) 36.5"

Rise (crotch seam to top of pants) 9"

From Zipper to top of pants 6"

Inseam is 22.5"

Bottom of Tommy Hilfiger pants seam to seam 9"

Label reads: Tommy Jeans Size 5

Sunday, May 20, 2007

MSN Product Upload Issues that I see - What about you?

I got an email from MSN recently reminding me that there had not no activity on my account that I had signed up for. To be perfectly honest I was a bit overwhelmed, and had MORE questions than answers when it came to their help section. I also found that Ecrater stores are automatically being taken care of by the admins of that site! PRETTY AWESOME HUH? The problem I ran into was the images! If you do any reading at all it seems to be a pretty good bottleneck for them. Here is a quote I found on their site:

Why aren’t there 100% images in the top results? The reason is largely because many sites, including very reputable merchants like Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, and AceHardwareSuperStore.com, block image crawling bots or seriously throttle them. We will have to work with these sites to address these issues, but the latest improvements in the number of Product Search top results with images are already quite significant.

So according to them everyone's images are NOT capable with their system. You don't have issues other places, but with them you do. I would think MSN would fix things on their end instead of asking others to change their system that seems to work other places.

Anyway, they also mentioned in the email that they are now taking googlebase uploads. I figured I would give them a shot, because of the images being missing on the products that ecrater sent over to them. I have different categories like men, ladies, children, books, trophy, etc so I couldn't place a category in there for them. Category is in the data feed itself, so i wondered WHY they asked for it! Maybe they want us to break it up - I'm not sure. I did submit the googlebase file to them on Friday. Today is Sunday and they are STILL processing it! The screen says 36 hours, but my file is rather small compared to some. I really wonder WHY it would take that long as well.

If they want new files to come to them, and it is going to take 36 hours for them to process it I plan on breaking my list up and giving it to them in sections. Everyday or so I will supply them with a new list. THAT IS if the picture issue is taken care of!

If you have been reading for a while I sent googlebase a question about their google checkout. According to the last email I receive from them if you set up a datafeed (bulk upload), and your items when clicked automatically send people to your store you can't be counted as a company that offers google checkout. Only the items you place on googlebase manually would be allowed that. I know for a fact that isn't TRUE! I questioned them with links to examples, and of course no response. I'm going to send it again!

Back to subject - will MSN take care of the image issue? I sure hope so! I will see if my image issue is taken care of once they are done 'processing' my feed. Bleck! 36 hours is way to long! Another major bottleneck in my eyes!

I found a rather humorous thread last night, and wanted to share! How little rednecks become big rednecks! I still was giggling this morning after reading it again!

Levis Action Mens Jeans 40 x 32 USA Red Tag

Levis action jeans

Levis Action Mens Jeans 40 x 32 USA Red Tag

These Mens Levi Action Jeans are used, but have alot of wear left in them!

These measurements are taken when the Mens Levi Action Jeans laying down!

Waist approx 39"

Hips (from bottom of zipper) 42"

Rise (crotch seam to top of pants) 13"

From Zipper to top of pants 10"

Inseam is 26"

Bottom of pants seam to seam 9"

Label reads: 50% cotton/50% trevira esp polyester

These Mens Levi Action Jeans are in Excellent condition. There are no stains, holes, fraying. There is some slight fading, and it has the red tag.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

You are writing great articles, but is your topic over this head?

Have you ever been to a website trying to understand a concept, and the writer is writing about it and you are left MORE confused than when you started? I don't mind a word here or there that I can easily look up, but if the article is about a concept......don't go over my head okay? LOL!
At times its hard to realize that maybe POSSIBLY alot of your readers aren't as advantaged on a topic as you are! Could be why they are there! They want to learn! If you are going to chat about some concept - stop to think about the newbies at times!

It just happened again.
I’m reading, but I’m not getting it. Maybe if I continue to read, all will become clear.
Nope.
I feel dumb.
Obviously, there is something I’m missing. It’s my fault. I’ll read it again.
Nope, still not getting it.
The pictures look great, nice web design. Looks like a trustworthy company.
Keep your money, Chris. Maybe somebody can explain it to me later (if I remember).
Sorry friend, you’ve just lost the sale.

Don't let that happen to you!!
Writing copy even Grandma would love! is a good article from Copy Blogger.


Wrangler Rugged Wear Men's Jeans Shorts 48W - Very NICE Shape!

Wrangler Rugged Wear Men's Jeans Shorts 48W - Very NICE Shape!Details:
Up for sale is an authentic pair of mens Wrangler Rugged Wear jean Shorts. There are no holes, stains, fraying. Very Nice!
Condition:
These Wrangler Rugged Wear shorts are gently worn, and very handsome. They have been washed, and are ready to go right out of the box!Very Nice pair of Wrangler Rugged Wear mens jean shorts, but check the measurements below for a good fit!
Waist - Top of Pants 46Hips - Around Bottom of Zipper 54Rise - Crotch Seam to Top of Pants 15Zipper to Top Of Pants 11Inseam - Crotch Seam to Hem of Pants 9.Bottom of Pants - Length folded in half 14
Rips noHoles noStaining noFading noFraying

Friday, May 18, 2007

Make Money Online By Taking someone's PAYCHECK! (legally of course!)

Courtney Tuttle has a very user friendly, and VERY entertaining website! Have you checked it out yet? I mentioned earlier online about his article: Making Money Online is this business for you?

He started this blog fairly recently, and mentioned the amount of money he brought in last month in a post. He is now running a contest! Make Money Online $350 is a link to the rules of the contest! Basically you have to take a gamble as to how much money he will make this month within $1.00 and comply with the rules of Make Money Online $375. You must place a dollar amount as I have for Make Money Online $400. Rules of the contest are here MAKE MONEY ONLINE!

Go have some fun, join the contest and make sure you read the blog of course! You will enjoy it!

Need Some Keyword Tools? WE GOT THEM!

Keyword tools are very helpful, and at times comparing the difference between a couple of them can really open your eyes!

Keep in mind you don't just have to use these tools for the programing of your meta tags, but you can also use them to find good words to use for articles, advertising, etc. There are a number of ways you can use them! Technorati is another good way one if you are going to their site, and using words to drag traffic to your site!

There are pay versions of these tools of course, but I found some that are free. I'm sure in time I will be upgrading to the paid versions, but for right now these are excellent items to add to your tool section for online!

Make sure you use them for ANYTHING you would wish to use keywords with!

Wordtracker Free Tool

Overture Keyword Tool

SEO books Keyword Tool

Volleyball Female Oval Award Resin Trophy Gift Resin with Gold Accents



Volleyball Female Oval Award Resin Trophy Gift Resin with Gold Accents
54519GS Part Number, 56519GS Smaller Version

Female Volleyball Oval Legend can hang on wall, or use the desk stand – see picture. This trophy, award or gift will be well received by your recipient! They come in specially designed boxes!

THESE COME IN TWO SIZES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These are approx 8.5” x 8”, and we will send you engraved plate
Smaller version is 6.5” x 6.0”, and we will send you an engraved plate. The smaller version is $7.00 each. Just request the smaller version when ordering!

The highly detailed sports figures are handsomely framed in an oval shaped resin and gold plaque. Something new besides the traditional awards we may have received in the past. I always get comments of PRAISE from these types of products!

You have a group that you need to buy for? NO PROBLEM...we can do groups for you as well! Please let us know the number you need, and we will arrange to get your what you would like for your engraving.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Ways to gain some exposure! Just what your website needs...

Networking is what it is called on the offline world, but socializing (is one word for it) I guess is what is it called ONLINE! When you write content for your ads or for your store, etc you have to be business like. You have to make sure this attracts those unknown people that are surfing along, and plugging in those phrases in the search engines. ATTRACT that website attention with all your might!

Forums are a good place to start, learn and contribute! Its also a place you get let your hair down a bit!! Myself, personally I like to have a mix of people when I go to a board to learn and to add my own comments from expereince. Grab some forums and get involved! I know from my chamber experience there are those that join, and then do NOTHING! They expect the business to start just rolling in because they paid their dues. Its funny how you hear how people just don't have time to get involved! Chambers hands you plenty of fun things to help out with, and during that time you again NETWORK! I'm not sure what these people think will be asked of them, but it sure isn't blood for goodness sakes! I have children, home and a business offline and I still find time to make sure things that are important are accomplished! At times YES I'm burning the candle at both ends, but you have to look at what the reward is at the end! I just love those that think if they place an ad, or join a club, and they just sit back and WAIT for the dollars to roll in! Let me tell you something......for the most part it AIN'T going to happen! That is just part of the mix! There is WORK involved, but you can still have FUN! Find some forums, and have FUN with it......and NETWORK!

Make sure you have business cards for your online business! Make you you promote it offline as well as ONLINE! If it is just a blog - NO PROBLEM! You can't tell me others aren't interested in your subject matter right? Business cards are harder to lose than just, "Here let me write down the blog address for you!" Besides that you want a presense right? A small investment in business cards, or business card magnets can really help you out! Alot of my clients love PENS, and yes they do have their place! As a primary promotional tool? I guess that would depend on the type of pen! The cheap ones? They get thrown in drawer with the rest of the pens....GREAT for you advertising dollars huh? Postem notes are good as well! Think about it! Not only is your name in front of people, but when they use those notes - your name travels! If you make your money off the ads, or whatever you still want to get people to the site right? Promoting it can be inexpensive as far as business cards, etc but let me tell you - they do pay OFF!

You ever go to a store and they have those bulletin boards where the local painters, contractors, babysitters post there stuff? With you with your PROMOTIONAL mind you CAN come up with something to build more traffic to your site! How about all those ads "Make Money Online" if that is your gift to show to people! Awesome gift baskets for any occasion! Even mention your expertise about adsense! The traffic isn't JUST on the internet! Let your creative juices FLOW! Pings, submit to search engines, forums, commenting on others sites, etc - those are ALL awesome ideas! Don't forget about your offline world! That is ALL I'm saying!

Here is another article about getting involved, and how it helped!

Can you develop your blog with MyBlogLog? Don't forget you may not fit in all places, but the internet is endless! Find places you do, and get to the networking! It will do you good!

4 Color Business Card Magnets On Special NOW! Qty 500!





Free 4 Color Process
Free Setup
No Artwork Charges
Free Copy Changes

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A LIMITED TIME OFFER UNTIL MAGNETIC STOCK IS TAKEN OFF SALE. WE CAN'T BE SURE WHEN PRICESS WILL CHANGE. WE WILL HONOR ALL ORDERS IN HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THIS CHANGE! SO DO IT NOW!!!!!

20 Mil is the Thickness and the size is 2” x 3.5” Quanity is 500. Cheap price for every shipment, sales order, etc that goes out! Magnets stick around also!

Price includes a 4 color process imprint on a white surface. The process allows you to print as many different colors as you want for one price. All PMS Colors will be converted to the closest process match. A perfect match cannot be guaranteed.

We will help as much as possible with your artwork. We will also send you one FREE proof right before production! This will be supplied online.

We so have some stock backgrounds if you prefer to use that. I have added some examples to the gallery above. Send me a note with your theme, or idea of what you might use to use and I will send back some examples. I will also do general typesetting for you.

Full Bleeds are available and your text should remain within 1 7/8” x 3/8”

Typically after artwork is finally approved and submitted production time is about 5 working days, and we have found that our customers typically get their product within 2 days after shipping.

If you prefer a thicker magnet 30 mil is also available at .22 per magnet instead of .19.

Below is for people that prefer to do their own artwork.

DIGITAL ART
The highest quality art is VECTOR ART. It is resolution independent . This means that it can be enlarged without affecting the quality of your imprint.

RASTER ART (Placed/continuous tone images)
Raster Art is resolution dependent. When you change the size of an imprint, you change the quality. This means that the resolution (dpi or ppi) of your file is critical. Files must be at least 600dpi. Grayscale and Bitmaps must be 1200 dpi at 100% of final size. Do not submit files w/linked images. Please mebed all graphics.

FONTS
Convert your text into "curves" or "outlines" before e-mailing your art.

TYPESETTING
We can add text to your imprint at no additional charge. We have a variety of popular fonts, just pick your favorite from the list on above. Then send a typewritten version of the text, and specify typeface, point sizes and case.

Artwork Standards
In order to give you the highest quality imprint, we have developed some artwork guidelines, which include minimum line weights. All copy should be 6 points or larger. Lines should be no thinner than .5 pt. We will redraw halftones and screens, filling them in or outlining them, and reset copy when necessary. BIC reserves the right to modify your art if it does not meet these quality standards.

We do have templates, and details instructions also…..just ask!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Items you learn from blogging!


  • I'm going to pass on a good article I found on this subject, but I have learned better writing skills for one!

  • I also learned that I don't always agree with very STRONG opinionated people on subjects, and I can back myself up (he he most of the of time!).

  • I have learned alot about website traffic, how the internet works, and how to play with items to see what draws in the traffic!

  • I also learned that the internet can be a very fun and educational place!


I really liked this article! 10 things I learnt from Blogging

The content item at the end of her article I didn't know! I guess we learn from other's blogging also!

Charlotte Russe Beads Women Juniors Hippie Floral Tank



Charlotte Russe Beads Women Juniors Hippie Floral Tank

Type: Casual Size Type: Misses
Sleeve Length: Tank, Sleeveless Size: S
Condition: Gently Used
Charlotte Russe Beaded Floral Hippie Summer Top Size Small
Details and Condition:
73% Polyester, 20% Nylon, 4% Metallic, 3% Spandex - Dry Clean

This Charlotte Russe Summer Top is very PRETTY, and would be an awesome addition for your summer wardrobe! Please see the pictures for closeup of the material design - its classic! You will be the envy of all your friends wearing this one! There are bead strings hanging from the back of this top. Most are in great shape, but a couple are loose. They can be repaired with ease!

Garment Laying down flat - Measurements are approx.

Armpit seam to hem 12"

Bust 26- 27 with some stretch

Bottom 26 with some stretch



Tons of hits in 30 days!

You get 5 tips to try, and watch the traffic flow!

5 tips to 600000 hits in three weeks

One of his tips I use for my offline business, and that is keep a pen and paper handy at ALL TIMES! You just never know when that next brain storm is coming, and while it is fresh in your mind......WRITE IT DOWN! I have learned you don't even have to be all that detailed to get those creative juices flowing once you have some breathing space to think! I guess I have been using my OWN keywords for years! LOL! The article suggests to do this for your own content for blog or site - which is VERY good advice! I have found even new business ideas that seem so simple, but yet go right out of your head.....unless you write it down! GOOD practice!

From what you have read here, and I'm sure other places is NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK!

One important comment because my kids need this Nintendo DS Lite, and MOM (more importantly) needs her sanity at times! YES I have to add the post dripping with sarcasm and pure manipulation! LOL! Seriously visit the blog and give it a some link love! You will LOVE the content!

Why? (see below)

Bob over at BobmeetsWorld.com is giving away a free Nintendo DS Lite with a few games because it's his birthday in May. While you're there, check out some great posts about generating traffic and getting more rss subscribers. And don't forget to wish him a happy birthday! He is turning 30! What an awesome age! We will have to see what he offers up for the next landmark......40!

He is also offering you some great opportunities to become active in his forum about blogging! Not only can you gain some knowledge, have fun, but you also following what the offline world calls NETWORKING! LOL the online word...I might need the geek squad to help me that networking part! Follow the fun and education at Bob Meets World Forums!

Now for some HUMOR! We all need that! ATTACK OF THE TURTLE!



Cheerleader Cheerleading Shield Award Resin Trophy Gift Pewter with Gold Accents

Cheerleader Cheerleading Shield Award Resin Trophy Gift Pewter with Gold Accents

Cheerleader Cheerleading Shield Legend can hang on wall, or use the desk stand – see picture
These are approx 8.5” x 8”, and we will send you engraved plate

The highly detailed sports figures are handsomely framed in a shield shaped pewter and gold plaque with a colored sport icon at the top of the shield. Something new besides the traditional awards we may have received in the past. I always get comments of PRAISE from these types of products!

You have a group that you need to buy for? NO PROBLEM...we can do groups for you as well! Please let us know the number you need, and we will arrange to get your what you would like for your engraving.

Product is normally shipped out within 2 business days if not sooner AFTER payment has cleared!

We will do combined shipping, and you can order different items as well. For orders of 2+ please contact us for a shipping quote!

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

So you really want authority at Technorati? Then keep reading!

If you have done enough reading you have read about this 'authority' factor over at Technorati...I'm sorry but don't take the authority word to literally! I'm sure there are some awesome blogs in the system that are TRUE authorities! Don't get me wrong! Some in my opinion are just plain scammers of the system!

A couple of nights ago I read a short piece, and I'm sorry I can't remember WHERE but the author cracked me up with his comments! Lets say you have a blog and you only have 3 readers. According to Technorati your authority is SQUAT! How nice of them (they need to find another word!). What if those three readers are WORLD leaders? The leaders of three important countries, and they all come together to read your BLOG! They all agree on some idea you came up with to save the world.....Now you are nobel peace prize winner for your blog! I KNOW! I know! Extreme example here, but its not meant as literal! Its meant as an example! The whole authority thing to me .... LOL ... I'm sorry is a joke!

The popularity contest for the most LINKS doesn't qualify in the real world as authority! The ones that are the true winners are the ones that continue to get linked to without the "LINK TO ME AND I WILL LINK TO YOU!" junk! Great tool to get noticed and HOPEFULLY get some people that stick around and keep linking and commenting? Sure I suppose there is something there. The fly by nights that do this junk will find in 6 months those links will be GONE off the Technorati radar screen! You see they only keep links for 6 months from what I have read. So unless you are a REAL authority I wouldn't count on those scams working for you to long! LOL!

Another blogger that giggled at ways of getting around the system was 100 ways to get into the top 100 technorati list. It wasn't one of those sales pitches, and the blogger was commenting on another way to scam the system to get on top! It wasn't an encourage you to do it kind of post EITHER!

I'm not saying to NOT encourage what people term as 'link love' here okay! I'm saying be smart about it! I'm sure you can help a friend rank themselves to the top, but showing real authority is staying there! Don't you think? Content will still be key after those 6 months roll around, and that authority figure for some tends to drop while others maybe bounce around a bit! Being a ONE HIT WONDER isn't what you are after!

If you think about it if you get the community you are after the authority rating in some ways will be less and less important! The ones that stick around will be the true ones that continue to help your bottom line - among other things! Link love will always be important in the internet world, but what you are after is the legitmate links and comments! Being a one hit wonder could blown up in your face! You aren't just looking for people to pay your current tax bill (among other things) you are looking for continued revenue to pay for things in the future! Links are awesome, but content is still KING!

Ruby Gloom Goth Rocker Spider Juniors Womens T Shirt Tank Top

Ruby Gloom Goth Rocker Spider Juniors Womens Tank Top

Ruby Gloom Goth Rocker Spider Juniors Womens Tank Top

Type: Casual Size Type: Juniors
Sleeve Length: Tank, Sleeveless Size: M
Condition: Gently Used

Black and Red Spider Tank
Details and Condition:
There is no care label, but it seems like Cotton/Poly mix

If you look at the details shots (in store) you will see the red and gray spiders going up the right hand side of the top. This top is in NICE shape! Please check out measurements below, because there is no size listed. Seems like Small to Medium.

Garment Laying down flat - Measurements are approx.

Armpit seam to hem 12"

Bust 16

bottom 18"

straps 17.5" (seam to seam), .5 width

Monday, May 14, 2007

How to get Technorati to WORK for YOU!

I'm only going to go over a couple of ways to get Technorati to work for you, and later we will go over some additional tips! Technorati is a site that get people to you, and have that traffic work for you in a couple of ways!

First what is Technorati? Its a bit different than search engine like you use everyday. The difference is BLOGS! Yep! Its a blog search engine! Blogs are getting more and more popular, and those nice little tags that you can add will help to increase your flow of traffic! That is what everyone is after RIGHT! I will show you how to add the tags later! They are similar to the categories section here in wordpress.

First off go to technorati, and look for the search bar. Next to it is pull down menu, and today we want to work with TAGS!



Type in the subject matter or tag you might think could be an awesome choice for your blog. As you can see I typed in keywords. Once I hit enter I saw interesting results to narrow down things a bit!



See that cool line that says: RELATED TAGS? I pointed to them with an arrow. GREAT tool to use for your additional tags, keywords, and maybe even your KILLER title line! Why is that? People are searching for those terms that why! Unless you pick some tags that people are interested in don't count on many visits from Technorati!

Technorati also gives you a list of the most popular tags! Go to the home page, and swing over to the right.



Go can go a bit further when you hit MORE at the bottom! This will give you some ideas of what to use.

Once you find those tags that fit your article, subject matter you need to insert those into your posts! On wordpress you must go to the top of your screen and hit the CODE tab! In blogger you need to use the "Edit html" section.



Now check this cool tool out! Technorati Tag Generator

According to Technorati you must place HTML code the way they want it in order for your tags to come up on their site to benefit you the most. Now that can be a bit cumbersome if you have bunch of them! With this tool you type out all your tags, and separate them with commas. If you look to the right of the screen it does the code for YOU! Just copy that code, and paste towards the bottom of your post.



I'm sure there are different styles to do this, but this is what I'm currently doing! Oh YES - you must be register and follow their directions in order to get indexed in their system. Here is the page for Technorati Blog Directory As we spoke of before remember to PING them which that shortcut is in my sidebar with you add something, or change something!

If you use flickr or youtube those also can be tags for technorati indexing! If you do that type of thing - make sure you take advantage of it! In business we always say you never know where your next lead with come from! I have to admit some of my leads came from the strangest places!

Blogging helps you build a community of readers, and that will increase your traffic AND hopefully your bottom line! Being part of a community means you must be PART of it, and learning to use tags is only one part! You must get involved with reading others materials, and getting involved with their communities as well! I have to say that can be the fun part in all of this! You never know where that will lead!

To be continued.......

Diane Von Furstenberg Crop Vintage 1980 top Size Large - CUTE

Diane Von Furstenberg Crop Vintage 1980 top Size Large - CUTE

Diane Von Furstenberg Crop Vintage 1980 top Size Large - CUTE

Type: Casual Size Type: Misses
Sleeve Length: Short Sleeve Size: L
Condition: Gently Used
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG Crop Button Front Summer Top
Details and Condition:
65% Polyester, 35% Cotton, Size L

This Diane Von Furstenburg Summer Top is very PRETTY, and would be an awesome addition for your summer wardrobe! Please see the pictures for closeup of the material design - its classic! I took pictures of the front where the buttons are, and the shoulders so you could see the extra stitching. It also has a front pocket.

Garment Laying down flat - Measurements are approx.

Armpit seam to hem 9.5"

Bust 28 with some stretch left

Bottom 20

Sunday, May 13, 2007

9 Ways to WRITE those "KILLER" Headlines!

Blogging seems to be growing more competitive everyday, and one way you can truly help yourself is with KILLER HEADLINES!

I have to admit some people have this gift, and another thing I have to admit is I have my days when I do VERY well and others .... LOL...BOMB! I have to say in the past one of the items I seem to come up with for my clients is a tag line for some of the products they seem to really LIKE! I have to admit at times I do get carried away with the graphics! I did a custom fly swatter once for a real estate agent. I placed their logo, and contact information on there of course! I also added the tag line, "Don't let buying and selling your home BUG you!" and then placed little FLIES (graphics) all over the handle! LOL It was cute, and was very successful for the client! That helps with repeat orders doesn't it?

I guess for me I have to TURN those taglines into HEADLINES! I'm talking the title you use for your blog entries in case your lost here! I don't know about you, but at times some of the those dramatic headlines never got me to their sites! MAKE 10,000 Dollars IN ONE WEEK! LOL Yeah right! You do need to dress it up a bit! It kind of reminds of when you are standing in line at the grocery store, and see those headlines on those gossips rags! I have to be honest I have never bought any of them, but they sure to entertain me when waiting in line! At times I have picked them up and read on - LOL Only to put them back! They are GREAT examples of KILLER headlines, but content?? Sorry but they pretty lost me there! I'm sure they get the buyers JUST from the headlines at time!

I have been doing some reading online, and some things seem to keep popping up with speaking about this. I will reference a very quick read at the end!

1) "How To" insert your goal for the reader! Don't forget to mention a reason as to WHY the reader would wish to "HOW TO" is the catch! Remember 'self interest' here okay! Most people are searching for something to make their lifes more enjoyable! Think about it! Ever see an ad: How to FEEL great while you LOSE weight!" Lose Weight...bleck....icky yucky part but necessary! I can still feel great about that huh? THEY get them, because you see that ad all the time!

2) HOW I ads are good catches also! Think about it - how many times have you see headlines that talk about RAGS to RICHES in one way or another right? "How I made 10,000 in one week!" ...LOL now I wouldn't go to that ad, but you get the point!

3) THE SECRET OF......everyone loves a good secret! Everyone has experienced this at one time or another in their lifes! Little shortcuts if you will to make things go along just a bit smoother than most people! Why wouldn't you want that right?

4) QUICK WAY to do something! Again those shortcuts could be it, or if you have something bigger AWESOME! Your readers will LOVE IT!

5) LIST POSTS are good as well! Every seen those ads about 11 steps you can take towards success? You have seen that or something similiar!

6) FUNNY headlines or sayings that you just heard that may not be so popular all over the world but they SPEAK for themselves! Your article doesn't have to be FUNNY, but your sarcasm or wit could draw them in!

7) Remember your SEO in your headlines! Get our your keyword tool and USE those terms in your headlines! Those search engines will LOVE every minute of it!

8) Remember your font styles! At times when you right your headline with proper sentence structure you may not get the response you are looking for! Remember CAPS at times, Itatics, COLOR...Remember you are looking for STANDING OUT here right?!

9) Make sure the headline RELATES to the article! Nothing is MORE annoying than clicking on that title, and the article has next to NOTHING to offer when it comes to content! I mean we are looking for regular readers here right? OF COURSE! Kind of reminds me of this SERIOUS 'Garage Sale" sign my son BEGGED me to follow today, and we did but the person I guess 'assumed' we knew the neighborhood! It must have been a couple of blocks over from their 'entrance' sign, because we never FOUND IT! Pet peave of mine in both articles AND garage sales! LOL!

Remember the reader is thinking about "What do you have to benefit ME!" For myself, I have to learn to turn those taglines into something GOOD!

Successful Advertising: Using Headlines To Capture Attention

Heart Moon Star Sheer Hippie Top with silk Tie Size S or Small

Heart Moon Star Sheer Hippie Top with silk Tie Size S

Heart Moon Star Sheer Hippie Top with silk Tie Size S

Type: Casual Size Type: Misses
Sleeve Length: 3/4 Sleeve Size: S
Condition: Gently Used

Heart Moon Star Hippie Top Size Small
Details and Condition:
100% Silk - Dry Clean

This Heart Moon Star Summer Top is very PRETTY, and would be an awesome addition for your summer wardrobe! It has the satin front and ties in back to extra fit. You will be the envy of all your friends wearing this one!

Garment Laying down flat - Measurements are approx.

Armpit seam to hem 14"

Bust 28 with extra some stretch

Bottom 36+ its FLARED

Monday, April 30, 2007

Meta Tag Analyzer Tools

When you start your store, site, blog the robots are looking for certain words, terms, phases to bring you some traffic! At times you really have to play with these to get some decent works areas! The Meta Tag Analyzer Tool can help you with this process.

You play with the meta tags SO often at times you forget what combinations you used first, second, third and so on! What I do is take out my notepad on the computer. Cut and paste what I started with. Then cut and paste every combination I come up with after that, until I get to the point you like what you see as far as the meta analyzer score goes! If you get really stuck look for a competitors site that is successful, and place their site in the Meta tag Analyzer tool I will link to today! It will give you some clues as to what things you may wish to change a little, and what you need to add or delete! For myself I can use another site that sells clothes, but remember I sell mostly gently used clothes so "New with Tags" for example wouldn't be something I would use for a meta tag! "Gently Used" might be a better word for me! They may sell more of a different brand than I do! I need to pay attention to WHAT brands I have on the site as well!

Remember how you word your products within the site as well! It will not do any good for me to place "Womens Dress" in a keyword if my descriptions all say just "Dress" for example! I found the little details like this can really help bring up your numbers! I changed two items to a phrase like this, and I JUMPED in my percentage of acceptance!

Don't get to frustrated at first when you first use this tool, and find out WOW I thought I did GOOD! We are using our HUMAN brains, and are NOT a machine like the internet! Anyway, I found it as a COOL Meta Tag Analyzer Tool to help make sure we have the right terms that the search engines like! At first you will spend TONS of time it seems just to get it right! Just remember to make sure you use the same terms over and over again within your description also ! For example lets take LEVI, or LEVIS, LEVI'S, LEVI STRAUSS as a combination! Try to use ONE and not all! Trying to find a good keyword tool to find what 'levi' combination is best is also a good place to start with some of these! I even found that adding just the word - levi "JEANS" instead of just LEVI made a different! Play with it and have FUN! Look for the overture keyword tool I have linked to on my sidebar!

Meta Tag Analyzer Tool Is something you will use again and again!


Cheerleading Cheerleader Gold Silver Resin figure Status Trophy Award

Cheerleader Resin Trophy

All Figures have antique silver with gold highlights, and are individually packaged.

Size is appox 6"

With this charming design you have the weight of resin material, and you can see the details of the figures. Something new besides the traditional awards we may have received in the past. I always get comments of PRAISE from these types of products!

They are Individually boxed and we will send you an engraved plate for it.

You have a group that you need to buy for? NO PROBLEM.....we can do groups for you as well! Please let us know the number you need, and we will arrange to get your what you would like for your engraving.



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