The 12 Marketing Tips Calendar

Having a website is great, in fact it's fantastic, but if you don't get any visitors you're missing out, so here are 12 Marketing Tips to try.  I call this the 12 Month Marketing Plan.

I decided to put these 12 marketing tips into a Calendar format, so you only need to try one each month. If you do one Tip in one month, and you'd like to do another, go for it! Remember, the more you water your garden, the more it will grow. The more you tend for, talk, and write about your website, the more 'eyes' will see your link. I talk you through the 12 Marketing Tips Calendar in this quick video:

 

 

The 12 Marketing Tips Video

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If you are a Subscriber to my Newsletter, you will have received the 12 Marketing Tips PDF attached to the email. If you'd like to receive the PDF, sign up for the Newsletter then email me and ask for a copy - I'll gladly email it to you :-)

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It's the start of a fabulous new year and I'd like to announce my first Online Courses for 2012:

WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, SEO & OTHER FUN WEBSITE COURSES

1. How to do Simple SEO


2. How to Create A Newsletter


3. How to do Simple Social Media


4. How to do Easy Blogging For Your Business


5. How to do Simple Video Marketing


6. How to do Simple Article Marketing


7. How to Publish Your First Ebook


8. How to Create a Podcast for Your Business


9. How To Host A Webinar

The dates and prices for the Online Courses for 2012 will be published before the end of January, so if you're interested in ANY of these courses, please fill in the little form and let me know which ones.

As I have students from different countries and many timezones, I try to make the times suitable for as many people as possible, so for example you may not be able to join the Simple SEO Course which might be held in February, but the times might suit you better for the Course in March or April.

One way or another, I'll have a time suitable for you all :-)

A question everyone should be asking is, "Should I display dates on my website home page?"

I'm catching up on reading articles online while I have my morning latte, and I popped over to a website which has just been mentioned in one of our top newspapers.

I headed over to the site with great anticipation - and was soooo disappointed. The website style is excellent, the content informative and interesting, the date ... well, the date appears in the News column which displays prominently on the home page.

And it's TWO YEARS OLD. Ouch! Here we are in December 2011, and the date which appears as 'latest news' is "28 Aug, 2009".

Go check the home page of your website or blog today - if you see a date which is rather old, it's time to do one of two thing:

1. update the home page information where the 'date' appears (by creating new News if that's what has the date on it)


2. or remove the dates altogether (you may need help from your website person to do this if it's automatic).

"Teena, why should I care about the display dates on my website?"

Excellent question! The reason you should care is that if someone lands on your site and they see you haven't updated anything for 2 years (or it APPEARS that you haven't updated anything for 2 years), then they start to lose confidence in you and your site immediately. As their eyes quickly scan the page they've landed on, they are looking for reasons to trust you and to do business with you. It's your job to make their job (of reviewing you) as easy as possible.

If you have a News section on your site, update it weekly - it'll only take a few minutes - or at least update it monthly. If you have staff, ask for ideas; if you don't have staff , check out Twitter, Facebook, the online news services related to your industry, and find something which website visitors might find interesting or intriguing.

Go ahead - get cracking, I know you can do it! I'm heading over to my BuildAWebsiteTonight home page now to update it! Display dates with confidence and give yourself that push to keep on top of your website, keeping it fresh and interesting :-)

Your Google Search Tips can be found in the PDF

I use some really cool Google Search Tips every day and I thought it's about time that I share them with you.

Some of them are sooo easy to remember, I hope you'll find them just as useful as I have.

Contents of the Google Search Tips Video:

• 5 tips to use Google search as a Calculator


• 6 ways to use Google search as a Currency Converter


• 6 ways to use Google search for websites, meta data and SEO


• how to use Google search for weather, phonebooks and flights


• 6 ways to use Google search for measurements and weights


• link to learn how to streamline your search results pages


• link to learn about Google+.

If you'd like to learn more about how to build a website, pop over to my main site - I'd love to help you achieve your website dreams! If you'd like to watch any of the related Google videos by Matt Cutts, please visit the link. I hope you enjoyed this info on Google search tips, and don't forget - if you're already a subscriber, simply click on the PDF icon to download it from your email I sent you.

If you're ready to get your business or passion online, you'll need a few tips on how to plan a website.

I've written a long page of information which you might find helpful, and which gives lots of details about SEO and other cool things.

When you know some of the things you can do for each webpage, you'll have some great new knowledge to put towards all the OTHER webpages :-)

To get started, pop over to my website to read about HOW TO PLAN A WEBSITE - and please do let me know if you have any questions!

Ciao ciao
Teena

Teena Hughes :: Director

http://www.BuildAWebsiteTonight.com
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PO Box 1333 * Rozelle NSW 2039 * Australia
Tel:  Australia 0408-801-808
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How do I add a reflection to my photos?

The great news is that it is very easy to add a reflection to your photos and images, and in this quick video I show you how!

(If you can't see the video below, please view it here -- http://buildawebsitetonight.com/ybht-how-do-i-add-a-reflection-to-my-photos.html )

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Steps to follow to add a reflection to your photos and images

• Go to http://ReflectionMaker.com
• paste photo/image URL or upload from your computer
• make sure image is 200kb or less in weight
• select background colour
• select percentage of height of the reflection (as compared to height of photo), the default setting is 50%
• click the Generate button
• if you like the result, click the Download button
• the new image will be saved to your computer (wherever downloads normally get saved)
• rename the image (using keywords) before uploading to your website
• have fun!

I do hope you've enjoyed this quick lesson - if you have, please share the love and post on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc - thanks in advance!

If you like my articles you might like to view more on my website:

http://buildawebsitetonight.com/ybht-how-do-i-add-a-reflection-to-my-photos.html

Cheers,

Teena!

Teena Hughes :: Director

http://www.BuildAWebsiteTonight.com
http://Twitter.com/build_website
http://Facebook.com/BuildAWebsiteTonight
PO Box 1333 * Rozelle NSW 2039 * Australia
Tel:  Australia 0408-801-808
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Business Planning for a Tea Room

Business planning and the start of a new tea room venture is more of a process than an event.

I've created a series of articles/newsletters, in which I'm going to provide five simple stages of planning.

Don't worry if you're not planning a tea room or coffee shop - this will relate to EVERY type of business you may be planning.

The five newsletters will be based around :

1. Business Planning for a Tea Room
2. Market Research for the Tea Room
3. Mission Strategy and Tactics for the Tea Room
4. First Steps and Start-up Basics, and finally ...
5. The Value Added Proposition.

To read the rest of this article please visit this page:

http://buildawebsitetonight.com/business-planning-for-a-tea-room.html

If you'd like to be on the mailing list to receive this information, please sign up here:

http://buildawebsitetonight.com/business-plans.html

Thanks for dropping by!

Teena Hughes :: Director

http://www.BuildAWebsiteTonight.com
http://Twitter.com/build_website
http://Facebook.com/BuildAWebsiteTonight
PO Box 1333 * Rozelle NSW 2039 * Australia
Tel:  Australia 0408-801-808
Sign up for the free YOUR BIZ HOT TIPS Newsletter 
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