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Using PicMonkey to Add Watermarks to Images
I’m a BIG fan of PicMonkey. The drag and drop feature is amazingly easy to use. I’ve been known to use this tool over PhotoShop when I want a quick collage or Facebook Timeline Cover photo. You can...
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My Anniversary is Today
Today is my wedding anniversary. It’s been a wonderful ride and I’m so grateful for my husband. He’s been the best thing ever for me. This is one of my first foreys into creating scrapbook pages as...
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Your First Steps to Setting up a Mailing List
For many businesses, their email marketing lists can be the single most valuable asset they own. Here are some tips for helping you get your first mailing list up and running. Select Your Service...
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The Importance of the Opt In or Squeeze Page and What it Should Include
If you’re new to email marketing then you’ll probably need to learn some new terms and concepts. One important concept is that of the “squeeze page,” also known as an “opt-in page”. A squeeze page is a...
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Eight Surefire Ways to Grow Your Mailing List
It’s safe to say that the bigger your mailing list is, the better. Having a robust list gives you more opportunities to sell and to build your reputation. Here are 8 sure-fire tips for growing your...
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Creative Commons Laws
Learn more about how you can utilize Creative Common images in this fun video. Created by Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand explains the CC licenses. To find creative common files go to...
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Engaging Your Readers and Delivering Exactly What They Want
Now that you’ve built up your mailing list, you’ve got to deliver on the promises you made to the individuals who signed up. These promises consist of both the promises you explicitly made (“sign up...
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Eight Email Conversion Tips or How to Sell More Stuff
We’re now to the point in our discussions where we’re ready to talk about improving your conversion rate; that is, how to get as many of your prospects to become paying customers. Here are eight tips...
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You Have to Work at Email Marketing Success
If there’s one thing that’s become clear, it’s that email marketing takes work, but it’s very much worth it. Your email list is an invaluable asset to your business that allows you to stay in touch...
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Spam, Scams, & Suspicious Emails
Scams go all the way back to the beginning of time and they aren’t going away. Nothing has changed, the con is still the same as it was 20 years ago. The only thing that has changed is the method. It...
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My Top 10 Photo Editing Tools
If you’re running a direct selling business online or offline, you’re going to need a lot of graphics. You’re going to need header images, favicon images, background images, navigation images, flyers,...
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Auto Mileage Tracking
Did you track your car mileage last year as a deductible? Why not? Did you know for 2013 the U.S. IRS Tax deduction rate is 56.5 cents per mile! As a small businesses mileage and gas can be claimed...
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Facebook Emoticons
Did you know you can use emoticons in your Facebook comments? It’s a great way to help bring attention to your comments and well…it’s just a bit fun too isn’t it? Here’s one I use all the time – ♥♥♥♥...
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Your Facebook Action List
Your success using Facebook is important to me. Yes, I know we may or may not have meet before but it’s still important to me. If your successful on Facebook, then that makes me happy. So I want to...
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How to Get People to Your Website
No matter what social media outlet you use to attract customers to your website, it all comes down to the headline you use. It could be a Twitter tweet, a Facebook or LinkedIn post, a blog headline,...
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Facebook Timelines Cover Dimensions and Guide
The Facebook Timelines Cover Photo is a large photo that appears at the top of your profile. Choose something that represents who you are and what is important to you. According to Facebook, your cover...
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Meet Andy Johnston, My New Guest Blogger
You know how I’ve been saying that email still makes the online world go around? You might have heard the doom and gloom many have predicted for email with innovations like RSS and social media, but...
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Why Email Marketing is Important for Businesses
I promised to be back and here I am, Andy Johnson signing back in. Thanks again to my host, Debbie McNeill. Today Debbie asked me to talk with you about possibly the most important discussion about...
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Choosing an Email List Management System
Ah technology. It’s such a great thing, but sometimes can be frustrating to figure out what exactly we need and then how to use it. Andy Johnson back today to follow-up on my guest blogger series here...
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Understanding the Difference Between Autoresponders and Broadcast Emails
Andy, Johnson back again this week to continue my guest post series on Email Marketing. In our previous article we discussed the autoresponder services that can help you become significantly more...
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Facebook Apps: Heyo
FRIDAY FACEBOOK TIPS: The term “apps” is the common term used for applications which are really small programs that perform all kinds of interesting functions to help you achieve certain objectives on...
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Should You Use Single or Double Opt In?
Hello Andy back here again from last week. At this point, it should be fairly apparent that your approach to email marketing should only involve sending e-mails to individuals who have signed up to...
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Personal vs Business Page
FACEBOOK FRIDAY TIP: If you’re using your personal Facebook profile to market your business, Facebook could deactivate your account. Marketing our business via your personal profile goes against...
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New Facebook Terms Around Promotions
FACEBOOK FRIDAY TIP: Facebook Announced on Tuesdays that they have removed the requirement that promotions on Facebook only be administered through apps! YAY! This is great news for demonstrators...
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FACEBOOK FRIDAY TIP: Profile Photos
Do upload a profile photo — and not one of scenery or flowers, unless you’re a Landscape or Nature photographer! I don’t even look at Facebook profiles/pages that haven’t uploaded a photo. Your...
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Facebook: Get More Attention to Your Posts
One thing that I noticed not too long ago is that my posts on Facebook that have a picture, get more likes and shares. Are you finding the same thing? For instance, visit my Facebook Page and look...
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Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill: Share Success
This book is only $.99 on kindle so I downloaded it and rereading it again. Here’s what I learned so far: Get along with other people. Success is not finite. Another person’s success does not...
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What are linkable assets?
I’ve been asked this recently what the heck is a linkable asset and why do I want one? so I thought I would share. Marketing speak – linkable assets are any part of your online “content” that attracts...
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My Fav Emoticons and their Codes
Emoticons (also known as smileys) are a quick and fun way to add an expression online. You can use the listed emoticons on most online forums and social media sites by typing the code listed next to...
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My Top 3 Recommended Software Solutions for Nonprofits
In today’s world, working smarter, instead of harder, is a requirement to every small business – but especially for nonprofits (NPO). The World Wide Web has introduced many tools that can help NPO...
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