So I got this cool idea for selling products to a niche market. However, I don’t know the first thing about website design, HTML, domain names, blah, blah, blah… and I don’t want to pay a web-designer. I want to do this cheap, not necessarily free, but cheap. What is the best site to help me build my page, that will get me into the big 3 (search engines) and get me noticed, so I can sell, sell, sell? I’ve been looking at this "buildyoursite.com" and they look pretty user friendly, but I have no clue if it’s what I should use… Please, let me know what you think…. Thanks in advance!

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Hi- I desperately need to make money with my website and my online articles, as my husband has been able to find a job for a long time. We are deep in debt, not from wasteful spending, but from surviving as cheap as possible without losing our house or destroying our credit.

Does anyone have any online promotion places or ideas on how I can get folks to my homeschooling & free online games sites? They ARE on search engines.

HOMESCHOOLING SITE: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~aabc_homeschooling/

GAMING SITES (FREE)

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~wide-eyed-free-web-games/

http://home.earthlink.net/~wide-eyed-free-web-games/zertiflyablegames/index.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~wide-eyed-free-web-games/zertiflyablefreewebgames2/index.html

Does anyone know marketing ideas for my online articles?
Google says I am unable to ask people to click on links, as it’s "click fraud," so I just need to get the word out.I won’t get paid for multiple clicks.

Thanks so much for any advice

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This is just a random idea that I had, and I was wondering how many people would find it useful.

Problem:
Most fashion stores have a certain "line" or "collection" that they keep on their website/instores for only a few months. After the line is no longer in season, excess stock from the stores will go to discount stores like TJ Maxx or Marshalls, where they get minimal exposure to buyers. If the garments are still not sold in discount stores, they end up in the trash/garbage. Months later, a lot of trashed excess stock often get similar remakes in the original stores– isn’t that a waste?

So my idea was to convince designers/brands to put a call number or catalog number on every design they make, and then attach pictures of the garment to the catalog entry. The entries could then be compiled into an online database with a search engine. This way, there could be a organized way to track clothing, even when its sold out of stores or out of season.

The entries can even be tagged with searchable keywords, colors, design features, "style", etc.
This way, stores can make money off out-of-season clothing by allowing buyers an easy way to search through their old excess stock.

This also opens up the clothing pool for buyers– shoppers are no longer limited by what the stores have in stock. They can search the database for any article of clothing ever made, and trace down the garment either from the original store (if they have excess), or find a used garment with the catalog number.

It would also minimize the waste that comes from throwing away unsold clothing and prevent the re-making of garments that have already been manufactured.

I can also see a use for this type of cataloging in the used clothing market, like on eBay, or second-hand clothing stores, by allowing buyers to look for -specific- pieces of used clothing. Second-hand clothing stores could also use the database to keep exact stock of their clothes.

Do you think this type of system would be useful or popular?

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This is complicated but I’ll try to summarize. A friend of mine in another state owns "ABC Widget Company, LLC". We agreed we could really market his widgets in my state, so he agreed to sell to me at wholesale and I would become a distrbutor of sorts but market under THE SAME company name. I filed for a LLC in DE also called "ABC Widget Co". I bought the domain name for ABC Widget and had it directed to his website, where I was listed as a distributor.

Here’s where it gets tricky. Two weeks ago I was informed by several of my key customers that my friend had contacted them with pricing below my cost in an effort to undercut me. Essentially, he used info. gathered from my sales to stab me in the back. Some of the key customers took the bait and agreed to buy direct. (money’s money they say). Obviously, I wish to sever all ties with him and buy from another widget supplier. The question now is: Do I continue to market my company as "ABC Widget Company" using the logo he provided or perhaps same name but get my own logo (I have already invested a bit in promotion of the company under this name, but it is still early and I don’t think the impact would be that great to switch other than what I spent thus far. OR do I dissolve MY Delaware LLC named ABC Widgets and file a new LLC under a different name and start fresh? And what about the domain name for ABC Widget that I own? I don’t want him to have it, but if I continue in my state as ABC Widget and he already has a strong search engine presence for a company by the same name in another state, won’t that create a bit of consumer confusion? The last thing I want is for someone to do a search and inadvertantly end up buying widgets from him because he was higher up on the search and they didn’t realize they were dealing with a different entity because it had the same name.
My options apprear to be operate under ABC WIdget and possibly have some consumer confusion as well as constantly being reminded of that ill-fated venture with a former friend, or start over completely as Widgets R Us ????

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I have an Advertising and Graphic Design company (for the past 16 years). I have recently moved to Naples (on the Gulf Coast in the south west of Florida). I have also lost my url artistatlg to a tatoo artist (long story). So I need to rename my company….

You know the old cle-sha "the shoemakers kids never have shoes"? Well I can comcept for others but nothing I come up with is good enough for me.

This is where you come in….

My services are (check out www.virtualtourswilmington.com and www.asiteforme.com):
Web Design – websites, design, hosting, web commercials, virtual tours etc
Internet Marketing – SEO, newsletters, pay-per-click, etc
Advertising – print material, ads, photography, corporate id’s etc
Just about anything advertising I do

My clients include Martha Stewart, Southern Living and KB Home so the compay name….has to be good, has to be search engine friendly and has to be rememberable….

Got any ideas? Be creative…..

Thanks
Denise

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Ok, I was answering another question since there’s been quite a few "What’s the difference between the 1st and 2nd gen iPod Touch", so being the cocky bastard I am I was about to say in comparison "And thinner, but come on we’re talking the new 8mm versus…"

I paused… and went to do some research cuz my 1st gen iPod Touch is 8mm thick from front to back (yea I got a pair of calipers, who woulda thunk).

So off to my beloved google search engine I looked up the Apple specifications on apple’s own site, since they keep a detailed record of all their product specifications (handy to find out what the difference between an early 2007 macbook and a early 2008 macbook and so forth).

I found these two documents.

Specifications for the iPod Touch (1st generation)

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP3

Specifications for the iPod Touch (2nd generation)

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP496

Thickness and weight of the 1st gen
Depth: 0.31 inch (8 mm)
Weight: 4.2 ounces (120 grams)

Thickness and weight of the 2nd gen
0.33 inch (8.5 mm)
4.05 ounces (115 grams) (the 2nd gen had a disclaimer : Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process, but I guess still officially lighter by a hair :P)

Anywho this is what Steve Jobs said during the Apple Keynote presentation in september.

"… And so this is the new iPod Touch, It’s got the same georgeous 3 and a half inch display. But, it’s even thinner, it is this beautiful contoured stainless steel design. And if you didn’t think the last one could get thinner you gota get your hands on one of these. They’re just fantastic. …"

So error in marketing? error in specification? Plain false advertizing or a half-truth? (ie: feels thinner cuz of it’s contour even though its a mere half a milimeter thicker or an argument such as that)

Just kinda curious what people think about this kind of nit picking, in my opinion it’s one less actual "new" feature on top of the old ipod touch. But least you don’t have to pay 10$ on top of the price to get the 2.0 firmware :D (now if they can just figure out how to jailbreak the new ones…)
PS: Spammers like Traor get their answer’s reported… and I go the length of reporting every other answer they’ve given… so don’t even bother spamming my question.

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i am finding in France yellow pages the address of "M/S cisco Empleo inc"its a placement agent.can anyone find where its located and website of this agent in France?.

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I am about to launch my new website in 4 days and I was wondering what are the most effective ways to get users/visitors without spending marketing dollars?

Things I have on my list:

1- SEO (search engine optimization): Title, Meta tags, descriptions
etc.
2- Addthis.com button to share it on other websites
3- "How my website works" on youtube plus keywords there.

What are other ways to quickly get visitors?

Also in terms of selling banner ads on my website, how many visitors do I need to get in order to do this? Even if I get enough how do I have to approach companies to advertise on my website. Lets say I want to put only 1 banner on my website for advertising (exclusive), how do I have to negotiate the price for this? Is it based on the number of users ?

Thanks very much.

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The Mac vs. PC debate annoys me because a Mac "is" a PC, and I’ve seen that ad dozens of times the last time being just today. A PC is a Personal Computer. It would be like having a comparison between a BMW and a car. Both are cars, and both could be BMW’s. It’s just marketing hype. Companies do this all the time, the most recent example being the Bing ads that claim Bing is not a search engine but a "decision engine".

It’s the oldest marketing trick in the book, to claim that your product is something entirely different from others when in fact there are only minor differences well within the standard deviation. By that, I mean that all products in a category are unique in some way but not to the extent that they cease belonging in that category. People usually have the sense to realize that yes, a BMW is a car, and Bing is, in fact a search engine. I have yet to hear someone call Bing a "decision engine", and when I do I’ll have to try real hard not to punch them in the face. Why is it that people don’t understand that a Mac is just a different brand of PC? Maybe because the acronym for Personal Computer is meaningless by itself and PC now means anything but a Mac?

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Where can I find the answers to the "Reviewing Integrated Mathematics for Stuyvestant High School Placement Exam" book? I searched their website but still couldn’t find the answers.

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I’m looking for marketing suggestions to attract customers to my golf league management website (I won’t list the site so I’m not accused of spamming). I have an Adwords account, I’ve gotten great rankings with keywords like "Golf League Management" (usually #1 or 2) on Yahoo and Live.com, and within the top 10 on Google. I’ve also posted to golf blogs and directories.

Golf leagues are so seasonal that I basically have a 2-3 month window each year to get new customers. They trickle in by finding it through the search engines, but obviously I’d like to maximize this as much as possible.

I’ve been considering dropping by some golf courses and trying to give a quick unsolicited pitch to whoever’s behind the counter in the golf pro shop, but I’m not sure how this will go over.

Any other suggestions out there? I’ve gotten great feedback from the leagues that are using it, but how do I convince others that it offers much more than they can do with an individual software program?

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I have a website, http://www.wealthsearch.org that offers dozens of free articles on creating wealth, as well as analysis of some popular "creating wealth" business models. So far raffic has been decent, but I would like to see a significant increase in visitors. I’m working to update and add material almost daily, but could use some ideas. Thanks in advance.

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I have no idea how much time it takes to write a blog versus creating, maintaining, and editing it (keeping up with and implementing the latest developments in internet technology and the blogosphere). My friend says he has 10 years of experience with web development and could provide all of the "internet marketing, e-commerce, blogging, search engine optimization, web application development, social networking, social media optimization, graphic design, interface design, copywriting, etc." He proposed splitting the profits from ads, affiliate links, etc. 50/50 and letting me keep 100% of the profits I get from referrals for my private counseling business, but 50/50 feels too high. What do you think is a reasonable percentage split of profits? Would you recommend splitting profits, or having some other business model (flat fee, hourly pay, etc.)? And any suggestions on how to fashion a prearranged buyout agreement in case we decide to split ways in the future so I can retain the site?

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SEO-newbie question, to get a sense of what fraction of the ‘market" for a given longtail keyword (say, from one month’s search) should land on a website that has a first page search engine ranking for that term. 20%? 80%? Are the top five results almost guaranteed to be clicked through? Etc.

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Background: About 6 years ago I was doing a pretty extensive job search, and was contacted back by a "recruiter" who requested my resume. I sent it in but never heard back, even when I called to follow up.

Roughly a year later, so 5 years ago, I had started and then closed a business and was job-searching again. As I googled around to see if there were any new ways to put together a professional resume, any new trends etc, I clicked a link and was slapped in the face when my OWN RESUME appeared on the site owned by "Professional Resume Writers."

Seems they place ads for employment, obtain resumes from innocent job-seeking applicants, then turn around to re-sell the stolen resumes to their "clients."

I don’t know if that’s ok or not ok in the legal sense, but I had written mine and I didn’t want them selling it.

So I contacted the business and requested that they remove my resume from their website. They ignored me, so after the third request (phone message and email), I reported them to the Better Business Bureau and other types of similar online business complaint services.

At that point, the business owners came UNGLUED and wrote several dozen pages of miscellaneous slanderous rhetoric about me which they are now broadcasting all over the Internet.

Their extensive posting of misinformation about me is pretty much evidence (to me anyway) that they were in fact guilty of stealing other people’s original work. Guess I hit a nerve.

They easily obtained my employer’s name, my home address, my phone info, and other personal data and proceeded to blast articles everywhere that I was a dishonest business person, that I was "deranged", that people should steer clear of doing business with me, etc etc etc.

This has caused so much stress for me that in addition to having to change jobs and change phone numbers, I actually was compelled to legally change my name. When you google my old name, because of the wording, the meta tags, and the search engine placement these people have utilized; it appears as though I’m untrustworthy, crazy, and even a criminal.

They even have my photo and contact information up on a website that they themselves maintain, that lists all of the slander they are posting about me.

Is there anything I can do about this? How can they be using my photo?

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