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Trap Bar Jumps- a New Favorite

Michael Boyle -  

I love Trap Bar jumps. I wish I could say who gave me this idea as I'd love to give them credit.

In any case, to properly discuss Trap bar Jumps, we need some context. I love Olympic lifts but, I also know they are not for everyone. All our athlete programs, except our baseball program, begin with Olympic lifts. However in our summer Pro Hockey group we have a number of athletes who have never trained with us before and are either unfamiliar with Olympic lifts, don't want to Olympic lift, or both.

This means that we need an alternative explosive exercise. In some cases we did additional jumps, in other swings, and in others we used our MVP Shuttle or Vertimax.

When we started to Trap Bar Jump, this quickly became our go-to exercise for power with athletes that were not Olympic lifting.

Before we get too carried away, lets talk a bit about “how” we do these. We know our “why” is explosive power development but, “how” can get a bit fuzzy. Our idea as to “how” to do Trap Bar Jumps comes from the work of JB Morin. JB's actual work was in sled sprinting but, if you bear with me you'll see how the two ideas mesh.

JB has spent years investigating the correct way to determine loads for sled sprints. To make a long story short, JB's extensive research basically led him to conclude that the sled load should result in a time that is 150% of the unloaded time at the same distance. This means that the correct load for a guy who runs a 1.5 sec 10 yard dash is a load that caused him to run a 2.25 sec 10 yard sled sprint. The big key point here is that load is not based on the athletes bodyweight but is based on how the load effects his speed. Join StrengthCoach.com today to keep reading........

Minding Your Business-Online Shopping Requires Consideration

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By: Alice Beckmann

The Internet is magic, which always wakes me to be conscious. Spotting celebrities with fantastic apparels, shoes, sunglasses or hairstyles, I always realize and begin to be aware of fashion. The most effective contribution to the fashion trend is made by stunning celebs and followed by people throughout the world. Internet is functional. The fashion information transmitted by thousands of miles of cables brings life and vitality into our wardrobe. The well-known update their looks by shiny authentic lines; and the common also get sheen on stylish products by online shopping or replicas. Free Web Analytics with Standard and Professional Stores Plans at Aabaco Small Business Online shopping is welcomed by its convenience. We do not need to walk in hot or rainy days for a purchase of limited edition of favorite brand nowadays. Clicking on the mouse, we get the latest designs. What’s more, stores online tend to provide people with cheaper prices nowadays. It seems there is nothing reason for us to buy in traditional local stores today; however, most of us must have experienced attempting or failing to find authentic products. The purchase we got at last turned out to be completely different with what they promised. We got nothing except frustration and a waste of money at last. To protect us from buying those bad-quality products, some official websites have adopted policies to test whether an online site on them is faithful or not. Its trustful level ranges from red heart, yellow diamond, green diamond, pink diamond to silver diamond. Each compliment from customer will add one mark to its reputation and any dishonest supply will eliminate five marks. Like it or not, this policy assures benefits of customers while shopping online well. Online shopping provides us with the latest vogue information. To be a smart shopper, you are not admitted to miss the time when a season goes forward the ending. Online stores need to put new line onto racks in next season or next year. Hot designs of this year may turn out to be "the beat generation". Retailers tend to send out more advertisements or sell products on the biggest discount. They are modish, yet the cheapest. After knowing where and when to buy online, most of people are still perplexed by question of what to buy. Vogue information is updated in an incredible speed. Anything hitting the rack may become a dominative item in the next minute. What to buy in numerous modish designs? I truly believe not everything that is considered to be fashionable is proper for us. Everyone expresses his or her natural beauty in eyes or body language. A right purchase of style, color and size will seem natural on body. It does not need to be the most eye-catching, yet should be graceful. It may not make you seem like celebs walking on the red carpet, yet should be comfortable for everyday wearing. Budget for your online shopping before. Even though the style having alluring you is the hottest in this season, it still requires you to consider for a few minutes. What will it give you besides transient brilliant rays? Will you become empty on hand? Will you wear it while another trend has been set in the next season? Online shopping offers us with an opportunity to get the most stylish designs on reasonable prices when the merchandise purchases are directly from the manufacturers. To be wise in buying!

Minding Your Business-Get More Traffic

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By: Mahfuz Tushar

Once you have content online, traffic is a must in order to make sales. People have to see your content or there's no way they'll be able to click on your affiliate links. If you followed the steps in the training I sent you then you already have a Pinterest profile and are starting to make it work for you. However, there's MORE you can do with this incredibly effective, free, traffic source. Studies have shown that people in Pinterest are more likely to buy something they see on Pinterest than those on Facebook or Twitter. Buyers are our target audience which is why Pinterest is perfect for Amazon Associates. You can't put your affiliate links on Pinterest but, as you learned you can still use Pinterest to drive traffic to your site. So far, this strategy you've been following has had you rely on Google for traffic to your content - either Google traffic that found the link to your post in search results or Google traffic that found your Pinterest board ranking in search results. However, relying on one traffic source is risky - especially when that source is Google. Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting - Build a great web site with our easy-to-use tools What if the competition for your keyword heats up and you find your content getting lost amidst the heavy hitters? What if Google (again) changes their ranking algorithm and you lose your spot in search results? Don't think that can't happen - anyone who was building an online business a couple of years ago will remember Google's Penguin update and how it shook up the search engine results (especially for affiliate marketers). You don't want to just give up on your content when things like that happen. You already did all the work. That content is an asset you own. Successful people put their assets to work for them!. By building up a following on Pinterest you can use Pinterest to refer even more traffic to your site. Like the other social sites, if you share something on Pinterest and the people who are following you like what you've shared, they're going to further share it with their own followers. Share something really eye-catching and you'll haveinstant new traffic. But, you have to build up followers on Pinterest first. This isn't hard to do but so many people do it incorrectly. They use tools that are against Pinterest's terms or they buy followers (which will always be a bunch of junk profiles that won't do you any good), or they follow anyone at all without strategically gaining followers who are real consumers truly interested in the products you're sharing. I developed a strategy to quickly grow the right kind of followers on Pinterest. I call it PinPlosion. On that page you'll be able to read what others have had to say about the strategy - it's quite popular and very effective. Consider the time spent building a following on Pinterest as a form of business insurance. Not only can you get more traffic now but you're insuring that you have another source for traffic should something happen in Google. You can't lose. If you're ready to get more traffic to your content outside of relying on Google, add this strategy to your toolbox!

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Minding Your Business-Inbound Marketing Tips for Startups

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	The modern business landscape has made great strides when it comes to the use of technology. Online marketing has yielded positive results for virtual traders, wishing to capitalize on the popularity of the internet in business. For startups that focus on inbound marketing, it may be a tricky situation. Given the rapid change in technologies and innovation, business owners may find it hard to keep up with the pace. Forward thinking businesses need to have a number of guidelines, to help put in place an effective marketing approach. With these, it is possible to get more conversions, returns, and constant traffic. An inbound marketing blueprint revolves around getting noticed, appealing to clients to convert, and of course keeping the tabs on successes. Here are some pointers to help you understand inbound marketing. Products Are Primary Online marketing as a whole is one competitive business, and with inbound marketing, it doesn’t mean the results are automatic. You will need to believe in your products to make headway, where the customer is concerned. At the same time, it is crucial to make sure that your product features, package, messaging, and client support are efficient. This concept will only bring desired results if the product can deliver what it promised respective customers. Get 25% off websites at Yahoo Small Business with code WEBSITE25 Relevance and Influence in SEO Inbound marketing and content are inseparable. This means that you should put lots of emphasis on content relevance, and how it will perform with search engines. Users will be looking for valuable content on the best ranked sites. You will be in a better position if you know how to optimize your content and the information structure. This can be achieved by upgrading your interface experience. In return, search engines will use it as a cue to lead your target audience to your improved site. Remember to integrate brand and domain dominance over your competitors, so that you are always on top. Design Credibility and Usability The internet is continuously changing. This means other sites could be inventing ways of grabbing your client base and shifting them to their domains. The catch here lies in inventing engaging and creative ways of keeping your customers glued to your site. The best approach here would be investing in website design. No one wants to interact across a mundane platform, while they can get the same product form another colorful site. Establish Brand as an Authority If you are able to sell as a brand to existing and prospecting clients, the returns will be comforting. Here, you can use inbound marketing as a priority concept to market your content and brand as an authority. With valuable info, the customer will want to keep buying your products, backed by the assurance of such content. If you know how to break new horizons with great content, your audience will be more inclined to stay with you. Content is King Online marketing and content paired up can make the difference for any business struggling to make conversions. The more you integrate interesting content, the better your inbound marketing results. An all-inclusive content and brand initiative will rank well within leading search engine results. Once your target audience gets the valuable info together with an engaging landing page, you are bound to get more traffic and of course get the customers to convert. Remember to incorporate social media in all this. With the best available content, interactivity and more leads are bound to be created.

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Minding Your Business-Retail Branding

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By: Scott Jeffrey

Retailers and manufacturers are constantly on the lookout for new ideas and strategies to spur growth. And while smart companies are giving digital serious consideration, they’re not doing it at the expense of the store experience. Likewise, in our excitement around mobile shopping, let’s not overlook our physical spaces and the tactile experiences they offer. Yes, stores have been our retail workhorses for centuries, but don’t make the mistake of assuming we’ve wrung every bit of growth to be had from them. What can be done to spur growth from the fleet of branded spaces that currently exist? Plenty. When I look across most categories, I see great similarities between competing brands. Brands get stagnant and complacent. All it takes is a little courage to get beyond the safety of sameness. I believe innovative thinking can only happen when you take a long hard look at your brand and ask, "What if?" What if we look at things from a different perspective? What if we do things a new way? Get accurate business listings across top directories with Localworks from Yahoo Customers get excited by new. We see this time after time when we open a store, especially if the exterior has had a makeover. Inevitably, customers who have forgotten about you will try you again. "New" attracts attention. The good thing about new is that it comes in a variety of degrees, from a complete overhaul to a new coat of paint and some impactful communications. Sometimes new can come in the form of an exciting offer. The worst thing you can do is not try. Don’t fear failure. New ideas can be tested and adjusted, several times and ways, until the register starts ringing. Recently, a client told us the secret of their instore success. They are always asking themselves, "What if?" And as a result, they continuously give the customer something they haven't seen before. Something new. So there’s always a little excitement, a reason to shop. The opportunity is there, in every square foot. All too often, the problem is with the limits of our thinking not with the limits of the store.

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Minding Your Business-Business Blogging Tips: Top 10 Topics to Blog About

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By: Sarah Carter

Business blogging has many advantages. Blogging gives your company a chance to engage with your customers in a less formal setting than on your company website. A blog serves as an online platform for you to let your customers and potential customers in on some behind-the-scenes details about your company, highlight new products, announce special promotions and more. It can also be great for your SEO efforts. However, just creating a blog won't do anything; you need to actually write in it, a lot. Many companies blog weekly or even daily, which means you need some great content to keep your readers interested. Are you dealing with writer's block every time you sit down to compose a blog? Here are 10 great topics to help you get started. • Summarize an industry-related news story. At the end of your post, link to the original news story and say something like "read the full article here." If you do this often, people will start to think of you as a resource for the latest updates in the industry, which means they'll check back often to stay in-the-know. Get 20% off Localworks with code LOCAL20. Be discovered across 60+ maps, social media, search engines, and mobile apps for less than a $1/day with Localworks! • Put the spotlight on an employee or current customer. This allows others to get to know people who use your product or service as well as your employees. It humanizes the company which makes it easier for people to trust and relate to you. • Share details about a recent company event. Whether you want to make an announcement about when, where and why the event is happening or share photos and details about how the event went, your business blog is a great platform to do so. • Post a video. Create an entertaining video that pertains to your company or industry and post it on your blog with a short summary paragraph. If you can, make it funny, people are more likely to share a funny video with friends. Funny and entertaining videos will also help keep your brand in people's minds. • Write a how-to post. How-to's are one of the most popular blog entries. Did you know that 80% of people who visit a blog are visiting it for the first time? This is because they were searching for information (such as how to do something) that they found on the blog. Once they're reading on your blog, they're more likely to search through your other entries, then hopefully your website. • Describe little known 3rd party products that work well with your product. This is useful information that your target audience (customers or potential customers) would be interested to know. • Answer a common customer support question. This will not only help your customers but it also shows them that you genuinely care. Potential customers will see this and instantly gain more trust in your business. • Highlight a product or service. If there's a particular product or service you are promoting this month, feature it on your blog. Include a photo and let your readers know how this product or service makes their life easier, healthier, happier, more successful, etc.• Provide tips and tricks of the trade. Share some inside information on your industry with your readers. Giving them information they find interesting or useful but can't get anywhere else is one way to get them to come back and read in the future. • Ask your customers' opinion. Want to know whether or not people liked your newest product? Post a few poll questions as a blog. Encourage people to leave their opinion in the comments section. It's an excellent way to get feedback about your product or service from the people who matter most, your customers. It also shows customers your company cares about what they think and you're working to ensure they have an excellent experience. The possibilities are endless when you're coming up with things to write about for your business blog. It's important to always put yourself in your target audience's shoes. Think about what they would be interested in reading about. What kind of information would entice them to read then motivate them to share with their friends? Then start blogging! They'll appreciate your thoughtful and original content and return to read. Readers will hopefully turn into customers who will then eventually turn into advocates for your brand.  Local SEO service provider, Local Splash, is headquartered in Santa Ana, California. Its proprietary technology and process secure high local search engine placement for single-location businesses and national chains with a local presence. To learn more about Local Splash and its local Internet marketing services, visit www.localsplash.com.

Minding Your Business-The Future of Online Marketing

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Today’s business world is certainly different than it was just a few years ago with the Yellow Pages, magazine ads, and radio spots. These days, consumers rely on the web and advertisers must focus on SEO, PPC, keywords, and social media. What will the future of digital marketing look like? The global marketplace is changing on a daily basis. For instance, advertising with Yellow Pages was quite important for a business’s overall exposure not too long ago. The same can be said for direct mail campaigns and magazine ads, as well as spots on the radio. However, now that we are living in 2018, a business needs to focus its attention on the latest marketing trends, such as search engine optimization (SEO), pay per click (PPC), and social media. Relying on online marketing in today’s business world, a company can track 100% of its inbound calls, emails, and online chats to figure out a business’s exact costs down to the penny. Folks have search engines, like Google, in the palms of their hands, pockets, or purses. When a local business used to spend approximately $25,000 a year advertising in Yellow Pages, they can now depend on websites and content management systems for less than $10,000 a year. Get 20% off Localworks with code LOCAL20. Be discovered across 60+ maps, social media, search engines, and mobile apps for less than a $1/day with Localworks! Quality content writing can attract search engines for no cost, as long as you know the latest and greatest tricks to the trade. You can even set your own budget for targeted PPC campaigns, while connecting with friends and followers to share your messages on Facebook, Twitter, and other sites don’t cost a dime. One technique that will be amazing for your business getting seen online is a good mix of original content and digital images. These days, your business must get a little bit more creative than simply posting stories and reviews on the web. Place relevant and informative links within your content too. Surfers of the web want to see vivid photos, listen to audio files and play with interactive components, as well as watch video clips. It is smart to introduce visitors to your page with a short video introducing your business and its products or services. Save longer videos on your webpage for in-depth descriptions for seemingly interested customers who have already scrolled and clicked on your site. The more visual content that is relevant to your business that’s on your website, the better. Allow people to instantly share the information via email or on their social media pages. As far as what the future of adverting will consist of, internet marketers will be able to identify exactly when their targeted customers are searching the web. Movie theaters will be able to advertise their show times to an entertainment reader every Friday afternoon, while ads for a New England Patriots jersey will appear when a sports fan is checking the football scores on during the playoffs. One thing will remain certain, marketing solutions will continue to progress, just like they have for the last five decades.

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Minding Your Business-Virtual customer agent – A unique service

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By: Perri Hilton

The services of virtual customer agent are of unique nature. For today’s demanding customer care solution it is an exclusive provider. It acts as contact center solutions. Virtual customer agent fulfills the needs and requirements of the customer by asking and solving their questions. It is possible through Internet as well as over phone lines. It provides service of different varieties like credit management, customer account maintenance, reservations, sales and customer support. Get 25% off websites at Yahoo Small Business with code WEBSITE25 It provides us the following benefits like: It has a custom program The monitoring and the support is 24x7 This service is available in different languages in different regions It has dependable and skilled workforce The quality is very high and the cost is too low The salesmanship is effective and aggressive Virtual customer agents satisfy the customer to a great extent. It is very helpful for the customer. Through intelligent automated conversation, it assists the customer and also solves the difficult problem of the customer. People who do not get proper answer to their question through FAQs or search engines then for them virtual customer agent is the right choice. Usually virtual customer agent engages the customer with impressive interaction as a result the customer often gets satisfied with their answers. Service agent provides the service to the customer through the process of automated chat or on phone lines. Though they are not live but they interact with the customer like a live person on telephone or through chat. The main aims of these services are to satisfy the customer completely so that their sales go up. Usually all company program this software to increase their sales. It also lowers the cost as well as extra labor to the customer. The services provided to the customers through these agents are very particular and the report given to the customer is also accurate. Based on these services the customer makes a decision to buy some product and after the interaction with the virtual agents they become full confident that they are not going to invest their money in any wrong direction. They become confident that what they are buying the best.

The author is an experienced Content writer and publisher on the topics related to Service agent and Virtual agents.

Minding Your Business-Do’s and Don'ts when sending email

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By: William Hausman

The most important thing is get straight to the point. If you can say the same thing with less words then do it. Using bullet points when appropriate is a good way to achieve this. Never have too many words in one area and develop an eye for the right amount of spacing. A good way to test these concepts is by finding someone that has no idea what email your creating. Tell them they need to gather as much information as they can very quickly. Show the participant the email for 2 seconds then minimize it. Ask them what the email was trying to convey. If they can answer then you’ve done a good job. Business Mail - Get 1000 GB of Free Space w/ Yahoo Business Mail! A common tactic is to include a sense of urgency. This is where the infamous "expiration date" shows its horns. There is always a deadline because most people are procrastinators! If there wasn’t the expiration date or the limited time sale then everyone would just put it off for another day. Make sure your readers see the message so include it more than once. Never abuse your email list by overwhelming your following with constant email blasts. It’s good to remind people of your presence but overdoing it will cause people to unsubscribe. People love images, so that means use a ton of them in my template right? Wrong. In any email browser images are set to not be displayed by default. Either the user needs to allow images to be displayed every time an email is opened or change the default settings. So what does this mean? Your email needs to still look presentable and functional without the help of images. This can be a bit discouraging but luckily the power of font style and color coordination is immense. Keep your color scheme for graphics and text to 2-4 colors. It’s important your color scheme flows and looks coordinated. Google ‘color scheme generator’ and the first link is an amazing tool for showing off this concept. You also want deep contrast of dark/light if you place text over a colored background. This will make your text pop so it’s clearly readable. Text over a very dark background should usually be white. Don’t forget to vary the size of your font sizes. Very important points should be larger text size than less important ones. This also adds depth to your email and makes it easier to skim over. Follow these guidelines and your email marketing campaign should be a success.

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Minding Your Business-Twitter prefers short URLs

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By: Vladimir Vyatkin

Let's face it - the shorter and easier a website address (or URL = Uniform Resource Locator) is to type the more likely people will find it easily. If you have a website with a long URL like "theunreasonablyverylongebsiteaddress.co.tz" the chances of getting anyone to type that out correctly is remote. Get 25% off websites at Yahoo Small Business with code WEBSITE25 It will be far easier to ask them to type something like shorturl.com. Also if you are sending your website out on Twitter for example or wish to use AdWords the advantages are obvious. (Twitter severely limits the number of characters that may be used on a Tweet). The short URL is usually registered in a country such a Tonga (.to) or Tuvalu (.tv) which don't require domicile to use their countries extension. They redirect from the short URL to the underlying URL address. It is also often useful to disguise or hide the underlying URL address. This may be for perfectly legal business reasons but one must be careful. Some of these sites become blacklisted or put on spam blacklists. Some websites prevent redirected URLs from being posted because they are often used by websites trying to bypass a blacklist they have already been placed on. These shortened URLs usually use a foreign extension as some domain names are under the jurisdiction of that nation. But there are other advantages of using a short URL or URL shortening services. They give full details of the traffic that these short URLs receive and redirect which enables one to target the advertising ever and ever more efficiently. There is also a service that advertises your now shortened domain name (URL) on a whole series of the internet classified advertisements with no charge to yourself. All you have to do is subscribe to their service and they will do it for you. These free services are a fantastic offer as getting classified ads in places take quite a lot of effort. For a start the ad has to be composed and then the headline has to be written. Then one must compose a list of keywords and test them out to make sure that they will in fact attract visitors to your site. Keywords are of course key to this whole process. Get the keywords right and your website will get displayed. But of course before it does get displayed the search engine crawlers have to find it and rate it. The following increases your ratings: * Relevance: the website must relate to the item (keyword) being searched for. * Links: search engines give a lot of weight to the number of "quality" links to your website. * Fresh content. If the crawlers don't find new content often the site might become stale and drop in ratings (and of course number of times displayed). The search engines penalize keyword stuffing, lack of relevance and poor grammar. Using a short URL service is very important if you want to "tweet". All the other advantages are nice bonuses. Classified Ads Submission Freeware helps any website get themselves noticed on the Internet and will get traffic to their site.

Minding Your Business-Generating Impressive Business Figures with Social Media Marketing

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By: Jeff Matthews

It’s quite surprising that a lot of business owners still ask the question, "How valuable is social media to my business?". The whole truth is this; social media has come to stay and would continue to benefit those, who take advantage of them to grow their businesses. Both online and conventional business owners can take advantage of the social media to grow their business massively and generate more sales. Once you are able to think outside the box – you are already on your way to a tremendous breakthrough. Get accurate business listings across top directories with Localworks from Yahoo It is important to note that your business marketing plan must be in line with your social marketing strategies. Using ad-hoc techniques when employing social media marketing will produce ad-hoc results. If you do it rightly, you will achieve the right results. A good number of renowned social media websites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter as well as YouTube have a great way of engaging present and potential customers, grow awareness about your business and boost your sales massively. It’s high time you start leveraging social media for the advancement of your business. Here are a few ways by which you can take advantage of the social media to expand your business objectives: Make Yourself Available and Become an Authority First thing first; sign up and create your profiles in the renowned social media sites. Also, embark on regular update of your profiles on the different sites. Check your account regularly so that you can participate in the interactions by responding to comments or creating your own. When your updates are seen as outstanding, you will gain fast reputation and attract a lot of followers. Use an Educating Tone Rather than Sales Tone Bear in mind that typical social sites like Facebook are strictly for interaction and friendship, so it is wise to rather educate than use sales tone. Of course, if you present your followers with valuable information, they would pursue you to know what else you offer – then, information about your product and/or service would start spreading without you coming outright to tell anyone about what you offer. Involve Every Individual in Your Company The involvement of your entire workers (if you have staff) in updating your social media presence daily, would boost your marketing effort and ought to also increase your company’s exposure. Ask People to Join You on Social Media Sites Do this by requesting people to ‘like’ your social media pages. You can use your business receipts, invoices, brochures etc to invite your customers to join you on Facebook and other social media sites. Also request that your customers check-in to any of the geo-location sites such as Google Place or Foursquare when they are at a location close to your business. Don’t forget to monitor your competitors A great way to monitor your competitors is to participate on social media networks; since they are also on these sites, you can keep an eye on them to know how far they’ve gone, what strategies they are employing, and how you can employ strategies to outwit them. Social media is worth taking advantage of and it helps grow your business and generate massive sales!

Jeff Matthews is a freelance writer who wrights about Internet marketing ideas

Minding Your Business-How To Create and Run a Deals and Offers Website

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By: Dana Collins

Nowadays, business merchants believe that product sales increase once they sell their products through group deals online - several merchants have reported that their online sales have shot up by over 50% as a result of these deals. Internet marketers and e-commerce site owners have started thinking about different ways of increasing their online sales. When a users is available in searching for a product, they look for a website that offers them the cheapest price or at discounted rates without compromising on quality. A lot of different techniques are for sale to increasing your online sales. But one surefire method of increasing your sales is creating large amount of deals, offering products for discount prices, etc and spreading them over the internet. Here are the processes to generate deals, offers, etc. and promote exactly the same online. WHAT YOUR NICHE IS Rivaling businesses that target a different segment or user base can often backfire. As a marketer, it is important to understand your target audience and the segment your product falls under. Understanding your niche plays the major role in competing online. A successful internet marketer should have understood his/her niche much better than anyone else in the business. HOT PRODUCTS Offering flat discounts on all products will only erode your margins this will get you a net negative effect on your bottom line in the long term. Pick a few items that you feel are hot or will gain more user interest on the web. Do some research on what goods are being searched more regularly online and identify the best set of products you sell for which you can offer discounts or any other deals. PICK COMPETITORS Website Builder - Easily create a beautiful, mobile friendly website for as little as $7/mo! One basic tenet in Internet Marketing is to take a look at competitors as much as you possibly can. Do not just blindly pick 15 or 20 competitors and do what they're doing as it can backfire. Instead, understand the position of the website presence online and identify that are other websites are competing against you. Attempt to analyze the sales techniques they use for their online sales like the prices they offer and promotional techniques they follow to increase their online sales. BEAUTIFUL OFFERS It's not possible to provide 50% off on all products or sell your products for free. Identify the very best price that you can offer your product or service and at the same time ensure that your pricing is competitive when compared with your competitors. Make buyers believe that they gain something which your competitors aren't giving. Generate deals, coupons and other methods in which a user can avail their discounts about the products you are promoting. Make people wait for the next of deals you are offering in future. MARKET YOUR OFFERS After you generate a summary of offers for that hot products, you have to promote those offers online that give you maximum visibility. There are numerous deals and coupon websites are available in the internet. Identify the best deal and coupon sites and add your offers there to increase your online visibility. Some of the best websites are OfferTopper.com, SnapDeal, DailyDeal, Koovs, etc. There are lot of different internet marketing techniques available in order to increase your online sales. I've discussed one of the techniques that we believe will bring in more sales. You can check how to run a Deals and Offers website over here at Shop and Bargain. The most important thing about a deals and offers website is the trust that it builds on the visitors, if you are looking for quick buck then you cannot succeed over the long run. So build trust and never hard sell to your customers. If it is possible then offer them comparison charts between brands and products.

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Minding Your Business-Stealth Traffic Formula Review - Simplest Guide to Increase Traffic to Your Website

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By: Michael Review

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Minding Your Business-Keys to Be Successful in Business Marketing

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By: Jerzy Banas

Business marketing is when a business markets and sells its goods and services to other businesses or organizations. These other organizations may resell these goods and services or use them in their own business to support their operations. Business marketing is often called as industrial marketing or business-to-business (B2B) marketing. The perfect example of Business to business marketing is the automobile industry. Automobile companies buy various spare parts such as tires, batteries, electronics and door locks which are manufactured independently by other businesses and sold directly to automobile manufacturers to assemble automobiles. Business Mail - Get 1000 GB of Free Space w/ Yahoo Business Mail!  Even the Service industry is also engaged in large number of business to business transactions. For example Companies specializing in housekeeping provide services exclusively to other organizations, rather than individual consumers. Business-to-customer marketing is when a business markets and sells its goods and services to retail consumers for personal use. While most companies that sell directly to consumers can be referred to as B2C companies. The business-to-consumer as a business model differs significantly from the business-to-business model, which refers to transaction between two or more businesses. Business market (B2B) vs. Consumer marketing (B2C) B2C marketing differs from B2B marketing in a number of key ways. A Business market has very few customers as compared to a consumer market which has large numbers of customers. A business market usually sells a customized product where as a consumer market sells a homogenous product. A Business to business transaction is a huge value transaction as purchase quantity is very high where as business to consumer transaction is a small value transaction. Price can be negotiated in business markets where as price is usually fixed in consumer market. Business markets have lengthy and complex selling process with multiple decision makers but in consumer market buying decision are simple and are made by individuals. Keys to success in Business markets are: 1) Value creation and; Customer satisfaction Business begins with value creation. It is the prime objective of the business to create and deliver value in an efficient manner which will ultimately lead to profits. Value leads to customer satisfaction. Customer experience is an integral part of B2B marketing. The customer experience is the key brand differentiator, even more than the price and product. 2) Social media marketing Social media marketing is when a company uses social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter to market its product or services. Social media marketing is one of the best and efficient platforms for marketers. Most social media platforms have built-in data analytics tools which enable companies to track the progress, success, and engagement of ad campaigns. Companies address a range of stakeholders through social media marketing including current and potential customers. 3) Mobile marketing Mobile marketing is a digital marketing strategy whose aim is reaching a target audience on their Smartphone, tablets, and other mobile devices through email, SMS and multimedia messages. Smartphone usage has increased multiple times during the last few years, app usage has also highly increased. Therefore, mobile marketers have increasingly taken advantage of Smartphone apps as a marketing resource. Marketers aim to optimize the visibility of an app in a store, which will maximize the number of downloads. This practice is called App Store Optimization (ASO). 4) Multimedia Content Marketing Marketing using Multimedia content attracts more customers. B2B marketers are widely adopting this trend. The primary driver is the desire to make content more engaging, compelling, and shareable than just the traditional modes. The most common forms of visual content include 360-degree videos. 5) Effective Personal selling & Executive Branding Distribution channel is the path through which the product reaches the final customer. Personal selling is the most preferred form of distribution and promotion used by B2B marketers The sellers promote the product through their attitude, appearance and specialist product knowledge. Executive Branding is when an executive showcases his professional strengths as a way to attract the customers. Executive branding is also known as reputation management. Especially in B2B environments, executive branding is now considered a necessity. Senior management must create and develop their personal brand image to attract new customers.

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