by Jamak on January 17, 2012
Many people I talk to wonder why their website is not making them any money. If you’ve ever wondered the same this article will start to give you a glimpse into what may be missing from your online strategy.
There are many factors that must play together in order for your website to give you the results you need. Today, we are only going to talk about one of them. This is pretty much the very first thing you should do when thinking about going online.
Lets start with some questions to get your mind in the right mode…
- Are people looking for the solution that you are offering?
- How many people are looking for it?
- When they do look for it, how are they searching?
The term Keyword refers to the word or phrase that people enter in the search box (Google for example) when they look for something online. Keyword research is basically the activity to figure out what people are searching for.
Before you think about designing your website, you should have a pretty good idea about what your main keywords are. If you don’t do this, you are generally wasting your money. Your website will never be found. If you do any advertising, your money will be going to waste because you are targeting the wrong keywords.
So how do we do this? what is the proper way of doing keyword research? I will be recording a video soon that will teach the basics about keyword research. Fill out the form on the right of the page and I will email you that video when it is ready (soon).
by Jamak on August 19, 2010
I have a love / hate relationship with Google and I have never tried to hide that. Today, it is more on the love side as Google has been helping me on my mobile bill for the past few months. OK lets cut to the chase and tell you how…
Head over and grab yourself a Google Voice number. Yes it is free (its not available in Canada yet but I am sure it will be soon). It comes with very cool features including an option to listen to the caller while they are leaving you a voicemail and the option to interrupt the voicemail and talk to them. Yeah kinda cool isn’t it? You also get to choose a number using characters so you can have your name in the number etc.
Once you have your Google voice number, head over to your wireless account and edit your ‘fav 5′ or ‘A list’ or whatever terminology the cell phone company uses. Basically, most companies allow you to call a handful of numbers for free; add yourGoogle voice number to this list.
From this point onwards, any call that is made to your Google Voice number will be free (you still receive it on your mobile). And any call you make through your Google Voice number is also free. How do you make calls through your Google Voice number? Easy: dial your Google Voice number, enter your pin, Press 2 and then dial the number followed by the # sign. All calls to the US and Canada are free!
Leave me a comment please with what your thoughts are or if you have any questions.
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