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Best Home Based Business Practices

2008-10-07T07:35:00.000-07:00

Squeeze Pages

How you convince
your prospect to freely
give you their contact information
.

Have you ever been stumped as to how you get people to your website? TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC! Without traffic you're dead in the water right?

Isn't that what all the gurus scream at you. But then, once you get the traffic to your website, what then? Even if you are only getting 100 hits to your website a day, if none of those 100 people either buy from you or give you their contact information then what good are they. You can't ever talk to them. You can't build a relationship with them. You can't invite them to try a new product, or check out this new resource, or look at this great opportunity. You just have to rely on getting them to your website again and again and again! How fun is that?

Not!

So once you get the prospect to your website, by blogging or news releases, or article marketing - whatever method you choose. Then what?

**SQUEEZE PAGES**

Squeeze pages identify your prospects problem and shows them specifically how you are going to solve their problem. It even offers them some small way to help them solve their problem for free - a free ebook, report, ecourse. Something that will make it worth them giving you their oh so valuable contact information.

Now you are not just going to give them their free information without checking to make sure that their contact information is good or not. That's where your auto responder comes in. They opt in for your information and the auto responder sends them a verification email. If they don't get that email (because of a bad email address) or they don't opt in for more information, then they are not going to get your free information - because that is also set up in your auto responder.

Does that make sense?

Content, content, content is King. If you haven't been blogging, or writing press releases, or doing article marketing, you haven't taken the first step yet. You're still stuck at the starting block. But that is only the beginning.

The squeeze page is the next most important step to setting up your home based business for success.

I will have a series of posts coming to walk you through how to set up an effective squeeze page, so stay tuned.

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Christy Ruffner | Phone: 541.678.7005
Streamlining the Organic Lifestyle
Better for you, better for the planet.

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Your Best Home Based Opportunity - Paying it Forward

2008-09-30T08:59:00.001-07:00

MONEY = FREEDOM

From the desk of Christy Ruffner - Home Based Business Mentor

If you have ever looked at Network Marketing as a possible business
you know there are a lot of opportunities out there to get involved in.
And there are a lot of great products that drive these MLM or
Multi-Level Marketing business models.

What you probably don't understand is that people looking to get into
Network Marketing are not looking for a product, they are looking for
a business. From this perspective, the product is really irrelevant.

However, a lot of the folks who are out there looking for a business
opportunity are looking because they are in a situation where they are
trying to help themselves take the next stet up in life. The biggest hurdle
they have to get over is the fact that they don't have any money to invest
in themselves.

This is where the power of "Paying it Forward" comes into play. Have
you seen the movie? If you haven't I suggest you go rent it and see it
ASAP. This is a powerful concept that a friend of mine has put into
play with his TEAM because he recognized that in Network Marketing in
order for one to be successful, we all need to be successful.

We have built a team around a concept that we can help
Change The World Together - one person at a time.

This team model let's us help you, then you get to turn around and
"PAY IT FORWARD" by helping someone else.

Please go to the website - Change The World Together and join
our team.

If you decide to join this opportunity, please let me know
so I can be sure and get you the help you need.
Please use "CTWT" in the subject line.

Big Business is Killing Us!

2008-09-23T10:07:00.000-07:00

A Rant from Christy Ruffner - Home Based Business Mentor

Sometimes the feeling is powerlessness. But we do have the power, by making the decision for ourselves.

Rewind life - 9/20/08 11:30 A.M. - Taking my son to his Team Karate class.

As I pull out of the parking lot there's a commercial on the radio - McDonald's McRib sandwich, add fries and a coke, "Make it a Meal" for $3.99. Followed immediately by a - McDonald's commercial , Big Mac Sandwich, ummm and a coke ahhh... Prime time for lunch commercials. How do you fight it? JUST SAY NO! for yourself. McDonald's paid big money for that prime time spot for a commercial. Do you think they are considering your health? Absolutely not! You have to be responsible for that. Make the decision to say NO!

One of the great things about being in business for yourself is that it changes your perspective on everything. You do research that educates you. You don't have to take someone else's word for it, research it yourself.

I'll say it again, big business is killing us! From the chemical (fertilizer) companies, to the pharmaceuticals (medicines that make us sick while they "cure" us), to commercial retailers like McDonald's, it's a multi-billion dollar industry killing us so they can make a buck. (A whole lot-a bucks!) And they really don't care that they're killing us. They will take our money as long as we fall for the commercials.

But we can say NO! We can make the decision for ourselves to live smarter, better, healthier, and longer. And there are companies out there that do care. They care about the health of the American public and the health of the environment. Those are the companies we need to say yes to. We need to seek them out. Pay whatever it takes to use their products, support their causes for the Earth and in doing so make healthier choices for ourselves that will pay us back with better health, longevity and quality of life.

Find out about the companies that support my health and wealth.

Christy Ruffner | Phone: 541.678.7005
Streamlining the Organic Lifestyle
Better for you, better for the planet.

Skype: allaboutorganic
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Turn an investment in your health into a business you can be proud to pass down to future generations

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Your Best Home Based Business Opportunity Another Success Story Created By Someone Willing to Do the Work to Copy Another Successful Marketer

2008-09-18T21:13:00.000-07:00

From the Desk of Christy Ruffner - Home Based Business Mentor

Another Success Story Created By Someone Willing to Do the Work to Copy Another Successful Marketer

Sometimes the hardest part of doing something is just getting started. That's why when you find someone who
has been successful, who is willing to share with you how they did it , you have something that has value beyond words.

That is just what MLM Traffic Formula is, the advanced 7-figure blue print that will show you exactly how to make
the kind of money you're looking for by becoming a serious student of other successful marketers - in this case Mike Dillard.
A key factor here is to follow closely what's being taught and implement it immediately. Don't wait. Don't tell yourself you
have to learn it all first before you get started. Follow the blue print exactly and do it now.

The following quote is from a letter written by someone who did just that and saw amazing results:

"Jonathan Budd here and I wanted to share my story real quick because I think a lot of people
will be able to get a lot of value from it. And plus because I appreciate everything you've done
for me a TON.
So about two years ago, I wandered onto the internet as a 22 year old punk, with no professional
experience or skill sets at all. No downline, no influential contacts, and no knowledge of how I was
going to change any of that.
I had been introduced to networking 9 months earlier and failed my butt off with lots of the stuff this
industry preaches on a daily basis. At the end of the day, none of those things were effective for me
to build a business AT ALL.
And while stumbling around the Internet one day, just after I had realized I really needed to learn
how to use technology to generate leads for my business, I came across the "Abomb" Traffic Formula
call you were giving away for free.
First of all, the call TOTALLY blew my mind. The concepts, the tactics, the things you were sharing
were completely brand new for me... and opened my eyes to A LOT.
After that, I knew I needed to follow you closely.
Over the course of the next few weeks you completely opened my eyes to so many things I was doing
wrong in my business, and gave me REAL solutions for how to be in the cash flow BEFORE I even
had the 'back end residual' that would be coming from my downline, through Magnetic Sponsoring
and the Traffic Formula Course.
Basically, you were the first person I ever came across that just made SENSE, and were genuinely
giving me solutions to the problems I was facing.
It was beautiful. From the moment I started learning the principles you teach
I implemented them into my business immediately.
I learned I needed to start branding myself and created a website specifically designed like you said,
and it increased my sign up rates like crazy! Just that one thing put me on a pedestal and literally my
prospects were surprised when they even got the chance to talk to me.
To make a longer story short...I DEVOTED myself full time to the task of 'Mastering'
each of these principles one by one.
I became a total student of this industry, and of what you teach, and applied ALL knowledge
exactly as I learned it. And here's the crazy part... in less then 13 months since I ventured online?
I had my first $65,000+ month in my business.
I was astonished I hit this much success so quickly.
I've then gone on to become one of the top producers in TWO separate companies now, built a
downline of THOUSANDS of people in just a few MONTHS, and have had my best month being
over $84,000+ at the age of 24.
Literally, the knowledge you shared with me back as a young buck in Traffic Formula set me on
a path to true and UTTER freedom in life and for that I GENUINELY thank you as much as words
can describe.
If there's ever anything I can do for you...just let me know and it's done.
And if I have one piece of advice to offer anyone who might be reading this...It's to APPLY every
piece of knowledge you learn, exactly as you learn it.
Once you get started down this path of true entrepreneurship, and learning how to use technology
to master your business, it will take you to some amazing places.
The knowledge about marketing, advertising, attraction, and so much more that I've learned just
in the last two years has literally opened doors to doing just about ANYTHING in this world... and
it's something that ANYONE can learn as long as they want to.
So thank you my friend. What you're doing for the entire networking industry is a beautiful thing,
and you're helping A LOT of people.
You rock Mike! And thanks again...
Your Friend,
Jonathan Budd"

Now, I have a little secret for you that will save you about $600 but you've got to move fast because
I'm not sure how long it will be available. Right now, if you buy a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring or
Building on a Budget you'll be given an opportunity to add Traffic Formula to your order for just $397
after you check out. That's a huge savings, but don't tell anyone I told you. I'm not sure I'm suppose to
share this information. But Traffic Formula is so powerful, if you could just get your hands on it it could
change, no it will change your life.

Personally, Building on a Budget is one of my favorite courses. I mean, who wouldn't want to build their
business for pennies on the dollar, in many cases for free, so you can keep more of your hard earned
money in your own pocket. The information Mike shares in Building on a Budget is precise and leaves
no stone unturned.

If you have these courses in your arsenal you can't loose - Building on a Budget, Black Belt Recruiting,
and Traffic Formula. Of course my advise is to never stop learning. Educating yourself is the one definitive
answer to your success. These courses are by far the very best place to start.

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Time passes and an opportunity is missed...Don't let that be the story of your life.
Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions
541.678.7005
www.christyruffner.com

Michael Jordan says he failed his way to success, missing more shots than he made. You can cut your failure rate to next to nothing with these
courses.

Build Wealth by Buying Smarter Not Cheaper

2008-09-08T12:39:00.001-07:00

Your Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Buying Smarter Not Cheaper!

Is this you? You budget your money, shop the budget stores, and shop the sales. And what do you do with all that money you saved?

Nothing, because by spending $40 instead of $60 you still spent $40 and that was all you had to spend anyway. So all your budgeting and wise consumer shopping is still getting you nowhere.

You're living by the Consumer Plan.

If you're tired of the endless cycle that's getting you nowhere then you have to change your plan and in order to change your plan you have to change your thinking. You have to! If you keep doing the same thing you have been doing you are going to keep getting the same results. Nothing ever changes until you change your thinking. Period.

Here's the plan you're working now - It's called, as I said before, the Consumer Plan:

Spend money
Have a job
Income capped
Deeper in debt
Old-economy thinking
Increased liabilities
Short-term savings

By becoming a Pro-Sumer you step into the Producers shoes and start thinking like a Producer.

Here's the Producers Plan:

Make money
Own the company
Unlimited income
Financially free
New-economy thinking
Increased assets
Long-term wealthy

The key is to start thinking like a Producer but not be the Producer. Because there are a few downsides to being the Producer.

Let's compare the two plans again:

Producers Plan:

Employees
Huge overhead
Office, distribution
Expensive e-commerce site
Huge advertising budget
Divide profits with owners and shareholders

Pro-Sumers Plan:

No employees
Low overhead
Home-based business
Computer with internet access
Word-of-mouth marketing
Keep all the profits

What a great concept right?

Buy smarter by buying from yourself.

Let the producer do what he's good at. You take advantage of his employees, office and distribution, let him warehouse and ship the product while you teach others to do what you're doing. Buying from yourself and making money. Everybody makes money!

Think different and you will get different results. Stop taking the easy route. Get out of your comfort zone and recognize that you don't save money by buying at a discount. The difference is not to save money but to make more money.

Who doesn't want to make more money. I'd wager that I could ask any of you, "If you could make more money would you?" and the answer would be yes. Then you need to become a Pro-Sumer.

Join me for a training Thursday night - 9:00pm EDT

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Learn about how to become part of a team that will teach you how to build your own Pro-Sumer business for a residual income worth passing on to your kids.

This is real folks. Doesn't cost anything to learn about this Home Based Business Opportunity.

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Better for you, better for the planet.

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Best Home Based Business Tip - Anatomy of an Article - The Summary

2008-08-08T10:22:00.001-07:00

THE DO'S AND THE DON'TS

When you take the time to look at how to properly write an article for the search engines the task can seem daunting. But taken one step at a time it can be done.

Remembering we are writing for the search engines first will build the back bone of the article. (If the search engines don't pick up your article who will read it?)

Once the search engines pick up your article then you have to entice the reader to take the next step and read the entire article. This is the main purpose of the article summary. You have a very short time to peak your readers curiosity so you must get right to the point and tease your reader with a hint at the benefits they will receive if they read your article.

Some basic article summary do's and don'ts:

Keep your summary 2 to 5 sentences long. No more than 7 sentences.
Appeal to the emotion. Speak of the emotional benefits that can be gained by reading all the great information in the rest of your article.
Target in on your ideal reader. Share the reason your ideal reader should continue to read your article. Don't worry about every reader.
Remember your Keywords. This part is for the Search Engines and your reader searching for information. Use your keyword research tools to search for 3 to 5 keywords relating to your article topic.

Don'ts

Do not repeat your article title. This is completely unnecessary and wastes words.
Do not repeat your author name. Again, unnecessary and wasting words.
Do not pitch yourself or your business. You're writing for your reader.
Do not include your URL or E-Mail address, this is not the place for any of that.
Do not self-promote. Let the article do the promoting in the readers mind.
Do not write more than 2 paragraphs or 7 sentences. The fewer words you use the greater impact you have.

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Keyword Rich Article Titles Lead to Success for Your Home Based Business

2008-08-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

As is with most everything on the internet, the way you do things on the internet can be much different than the traditional way of doing things.

With traditional copywriting, your headline can determine up to 95% of your success when writing a book or article that pertains to your home based business.

When you write for the internet, to be successful you must take into consideration how people look for information.

There is a myth when addressing how people will find your article on the internet. And that is that people will find your article while browsing your home based business website and read it almost like if they were walking the aisles of a book store looking for a book.

In fact this is not the way people on the internet find the information they are looking for. People search for information on the internet by using one of the major search engines. They will use between 1 to five (sometimes more) words that represent the information they are looking for. Often it is mis-spelled as well. These words are called keywords and they are the keywords that the search engine will use to deliver what is considered the best relevant match to the searchers inquiry.

Your goal as a copywriter is to have your home based business articles show up in the search engine results for the keywords that are most relevant to what your article is all about. Most search engines will give greatest attention to the first 3 - 5 keywords with lower priority given to the rest. Therefore, the first 3 - 5 words of your article title could very well determine the success of your article in terms of how much traffic gets generated back to your website. For this to work successfully you must create keyword rich article titles that relate to the most commonly searched keywords for the topic of your home based business article.

Understanding keyword research and creating keyword rich article titles is imperative to maximizing your article marketing strategy. The search engine can create massive amounts of traffic to your article and thus to your website because of it's love affair with keywords.

Here are some good Keyword Research sites for you to use in creating your keyword rich article titles.

* Good Keywords: http://www.goodkeywords.com
* Yahoo Search Marketing: http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
* Google Adwords: https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1500

Writing intelligent keyword rich articles will get highly targeted people to your website to learn about your home based business opportunity. Then it's your responsibility to show them them what you can do for them by providing them with a powerful system that they can work with to duplicate your success.

By stepping into the Streamline system you are building a home based business opportunity that is something like a franchise but with some important differences. Isn't it time to find out what those differences might be? You can do that without risk by investing in yourself with this team of professionals.

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Christy Ruffner
Living the organic lifestyle.
Better for you, better for the planet.

Phone: 541-678-7005

Skype: allaboutorganic
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Article Marketing - Putting the Peices Together

2008-07-31T17:25:00.000-07:00

Article Components - Putting the Pieces Together

As you start writing articles pertaining to aspects of your home based business opportunity,
while the subject will obviously always be different, there will always be consistencies in the
form in which you lay your article out. Each article will have different components and section
which will differ in importance from one article to another. However, each part of your article
is important to the final submission. Each section and component must be crafted carefully
and with forethought to how it pertains to the rest of the article. A truly great article will impress
the reader and increase pertinent traffic to your home based business website.

An article is divided as shown below:

Article Title
Article Keywords
Article Summary
Article Body
Article Resource Box

As we work our way through this series of articles on writing articles for building your
best home based business opportunity, we will cover each of these topics thoroughly.
For now we will just cover a few general points which apply to each.

1. Proof-read your article: If you have been
    working on your article for a while, it's a good
    idea to get up and take a break from it and
    come back to it with fresh eyes. Read it out
    loud to yourself, or have someone else read
    it for you to check for typos or grammatical
    errors that may diminish your credibility
    and expertise on your subject matter. This
    will also give you the chance to see that the
    information is written in a clear and concise
    manner. Often times our mind skips around alot
    and we won't notice it until we get away from the
    material and read it from a fresh perspective.
    This will help you catch mistakes, and areas
    where the idea doesn't appear to flow quite as
    well as it seemed to at first write.

2. Remember your reader: When writing always
    consider that your reader is reading your
    article out of interest in your business opportunity.
    If the subject is technical, it is okay to
    use technical terms, but be careful of leaving the
    reader frustrated by information they are not
    ready to understand and utilize.

3. Give away your best information: Don't hold back,
    give the reader the best you've got, but always
    keep something to make your reader want more.
    Your article is meant to generate traffic for your
    home business website, so be sure the Resource Box
    includes additional information to encourage
    your readers to click on your link.

4. Keep your articles "short and sweet": Say what
    you have to say in as few as words as possible and
    still have an interesting read. Remember you are
    writing for an audience that is looking for immediate
    gratification. Your articles need to be clear and to the
    point so the reader can quickly see the high quality
    content you have to offer. They will expect your
    business website to contain more of the same.

Article marketing is definitely one of the marketing methods you should be utilizing to build your best home based business.
The great thing about writing high quality articles is that content can be used over and over again; in emails, blogs, social
networking sites. If it's good it should be used again and again.

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Christy Ruffner - Organic Marketing Mentor
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Living the organic lifestyle.
Better for you, better for the planet.

Phone: 541-678-7005

Skype: allaboutorganic
Twitter: ChristyRuffner
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Organic Marketing Solutions - Article Marketing for Beginners

2008-07-30T09:17:00.001-07:00

If you are just starting to build a home based business and you are an internet newbie you may be asking:

What is article marketing?
Why does article marketing work?
How can I benefit from article marketing?

Article marketing is all about high quality, original content that promotes you and your business, product or opportunity.
It's about exposure that pre-qualifies traffic that is attracted to your website. There are three main keys to Article Marketing:

Your content should establish you as an expert in your niche.
Your intent is not to "sell" or promote your business or opportunity in your article
but provide expert useful information for your readers that helps you begin
building a relationship with your readers.
Content should be submitted consistently, much like blogging,
to provide a steady stream of traffic to your website.

Now you may be wondering, if you aren't supposed to promote your business or opportunity in the article, how are you going to get traffic from your article?

The most important thing to try to accomplish in your article is to give away your valuable information. At the end of the article you have what's called "The Resource Box" where you provide a link back to your website.

The resource box should provide enough information on your business to create interest in visiting your site. Make sure there is catchy information in your resource box that relates back to the information in your article body. Once your prospect has arrived at your web site then you have the opportunity to pitch your sale and capture your prospects information.

Another purpose behind not selling in your article is that you want other publishers to pick up on your article and publish it. This can be done as long as the information in the Resource Box is not changed. You have the opportunity for your article to be seen many more times with a much wider link visibility.

Article marketing is about multiple exposure, and generating traffic to your website that will be interested in what you have to offer, because they already know a bit about you, from your article.

Article marketing is one marketing method you should be implementing to build your best home based business.

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Living the organic lifestyle.
Better for you, better for the planet.

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On The Inside of Google PageRank

2007-04-27T21:25:00.000-07:00

Google PageRank has been the focus of many SEO experts, thinking it is the end all, most important factor in search engine results. Is it really that valuable? Should it be the only factor we are concerned with?

Here are some important points to remember regarding PageRank:

· PageRank compares the importance of one web page over another.

· PageRank is used to determine ranking in search results, along with many other factors.

· Having a high PageRank is no guarantee of a high organic search result for any particular term.

· The words used in your anchor text of a link can be more important than whether the link is found on a high PageRank page.

· To find the most important pages to link to for relevant links do a search and see what Google rises to the top of the search. Google will tell you what pages are most relevant for the words you want to rank high for.

Danny Sullivan has an excellent post that answers a lot of questions regarding PageRank. For a detailed look at what Google PageRank is, check it out.

One More Time: Content is King

2007-04-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

No matter what you are trying to accomplish being online, if you are going to be successful you have to fully understand what the Internet is really all about. What are people actually doing in cyberspace?

Have you ever considered what the Internet would be like without the search engines? Would there even be an Internet? The search engines are the way we access everything that is online. Unless you have an actual cyberspace address to go to you are going to be using a search engine to find what you are looking for.

The search engines use content to return relevant results to searches. If the search engines find good, fresh content that is consistently updated, that content is what is going to come up at the top of the list.

Here are some tips to quality web content whether it is a website or a blog:

1. KISS – keep it simple, seriously
2. Use lists and bullets – this keeps your thoughts easy to follow
3. Don’t be afraid to be controversial, controversy creates interaction and interaction gets attention.
4. Remember your writing skills.
5. Don’t write to sell something. It’s about building relationships.
6. Offer information of value.
7. Pick a target audience and stick to it. Stay focused.
8. Keep your individuality. Be true to yourself.
9. Be consistent with fresh content.Be patient. The search engines will find you, but it won’t be overnight

Organic SEO Is A Necessary Part Of Your Online Marketing Plan

2007-03-17T17:11:00.000-07:00

The purpose behind Search Engine Optimization has always been to increase sales for your business by qualifying business leads from Internet search engines. This is an accessable goal by almost any business, of any size. While SEO is a ton of work, to ignore it is to deny your business the opportunity for success in the long-term.

While local brick and mortar businesses rely on foot traffic and localized ad campaigns for fresh leads, an online presence can extend your possibilities with search engines that offer a plethora of local search features. By utilizing these properly local sales are bound to increase.

While brick and mortar ad campaigns are based on push marketing, a SEO search is pull marketing. The high quality of a lead that finds you through a search is gold. When someone finds you using your keywords, the chances are pretty good you've got a solid business lead.

Organic Search Engine results are viewed as authority referrals. People trust search engines, especially Google. They are seen as an authority regarding the organic referrals turned up by your keywords. Take advantage of that trust and build your business online with Organic Search Engine Optimization.

Is Blogging Worth The Time?

2007-03-13T05:52:00.000-07:00

Blogging was originally developed as an online diary. One you could keep private if you wished, or you could share it with family and friends, or open it up to the entire online community if you wanted to really be an open book.

It didn't take long for the savy entreprenuer to recognize the value of sharing your deepest marketing thoughts with information starved wanna-bes. And the art of blogging grew from there.

Now blogging is a powerful part of online marketing. It takes less work than keeping fresh content on your website. Yes it takes time, but it is time required if you want to stay up in the rankings with the search engines where you will be found by the information seeking online community.

If you want to be effective with your online marketing then you are going to have to blog. You can't just put together a nice website with all your valuable information and beautiful pictures and expect people to fall all over themselves to get to you. You have to recognize the power the search engines have in your business and you have to give them what they want. And what they want is "fresh content".

Google loves blogs. And no matter what you think of Google, online Google is King. And what Google wants is quality, fresh content for their customers. That's why Google loves blogs.

So, back to my question - Is blogging worth the time? The answer is absolutely yes! Take the time to put together quality information on a regular basis and you set yourself up as an expert in your field. Google loves you and puts you right up front for your keyword so that people that are looking for your information finds you on your top ranked blog and recognize your expert status. As they recognize you as an expert they develop a trust in you and what you have to offer. From there it is a short leap to valued customer.

That's why every successful online entreprenuer has a blog and spends valuable time blogging on a regular basis. Do your research and get your facts right. Write what you have to say in an easy to read, friendly manner and include pertinent links to build your credibility. The search engines will do the rest.

Blissful Blogging,

Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions

#1 SEO Results

2007-01-28T10:16:00.000-08:00

Is it really enough anymore to have that #1 position? If there's one thing that can be said about the internet community it's that no one lets moss grow under their feet!

What do I mean by that?

There is so much competition out there and a lot of bright minds! Each genius idea has a more genius idea hot on its heels. Nothing stands still on the internet, or it gets left in the dust.

But, the tried and true basics will always remain the same. No matter how the delivery changes, the who never changes.

You are still and always dealing with people. And people need to trust you to open their wallets. That will never change.

People today are getting hit by so many marketing messages they've become much more selective in how they are engaged. If a site and it's marketing strategy don't change to match where people are at they will click away and probably not come back.

The purpose of having a peice of real estate on the internet is to have someone visit, most likely to buy something. But the majority of the people who are using the internet are looking for information.

Therefore the plan needs to be to provide quality information on your site that will continue to bring your visitor back for more and more.

This is building a relationship with your visitor so that when you ask them to buy from you they trust you, and that what you have to sell them has value.

And it better have value, or you have just wasted all that time building that relationship. The trust has been broken.

So make sure what you have to offer is of real value to your visitor, or you're just shooting yourself in the foot.

Christy
OrganicMarketingSolutions.com

Shift into Turbo-drive in 2007

2007-01-05T09:27:00.000-08:00

With 2007 just appearing on the horizon it's time for a fresh approach.

Don't be afraid to try something new with the New Year!

Go back over my blog... Check out some of the resources I have recommended. If you haven't done this before now it's no wonder your business is stuck in Nowheresville.

Right now, I'm going to tell you a secret. The real secret about the power behind all of the resources I have shared with you on this blog.

But first I want to remind you of something, before I tell you my secret...

Each of these resources I have shared with you here...

They all have a FREE VERSION available
so you can try before you buy!
And I'm not talking a Free Trial Offer.
You can use these resources for free for the rest of your life, if that's what you want to do.

Now how cool is that! If you're not willing to try something for free that just might shift your business into overdrive, then you're asleep at the wheel and you might as well park it!

But if you're looking to do something different in 2007 then try the road less traveled.

And now I'm going to tell you my little secret...SHHHHH. Quiet now because you don't want to miss this.

It's the people.
Really, the people are the power.

The people behind these resources are innovative, creative, and real!

They are open, honest, and they are happening!

These people are off the charts, and turbo charged!

You want to know these people!
Because it's not what you know
but who you know that really matters.

THE POWER IS IN THE PEOPLE.

There, I've said it. My secret is out. Do yourself justice and try these resources. They're free and they're powerful. Get out there and get turbo charged. Don't let 2007 go by without giving it everything you've got.

Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions

Understanding Your Visitor

2006-08-27T20:15:00.000-07:00

If you understand that your visitor has not ended up on your web site because he wants to buy something from you then you are one step ahead of the average marketer. And with that understanding must come the realization that in order for you to bring your visitor back again and again your visitor must see you as an expert in the information they are looking for.

In other words you must be a leader.

Reveal to your visitor your innovative thinking, a fresh approach, and that you are different from all the cookie cutter marketers that are just trying to sell something and line their own pockets. Put your visitor first, meet your visitors needs, and not only will you have a visitor that will come back again and again, but one that will spread the word about your unique methods of marketing.

Now you can beat thin air in a sea of marketers, or you can get involved in a "joint venture".

Right now I have to go, but I will be back and we will talk more about "joint ventures" and in particular one that will benefit you in the specific area that you are involved in. It will help you, not just you helping it.

I will explain more later.

Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions

A Little Thing Called Work!

2006-08-26T00:16:00.000-07:00

If anyone ever tells you it's easy to build a business on the internet, or it's a piece of cake to make money online, or there's nothing to it...blah, blah, blah - it's a flat out lie. Because it takes work to build a business; it takes work to make money; and while it doesn't take a rocket scientist to put all the pieces together, it does take time, effort, and thought to build anything of quality that will stand the test of time.

If you want an internet business to be successful in an enduring way, then it will take more than a web site with product on it. It's even going to take more than a little content that describes what you do and what you have to offer.

People are looking for answers. They don't really care what cool gizmo you may have, unless it is the answer they're looking for. Even then they might not be interested in buying from you until they look at a dozen other web sites that might have the same thing you do.

So what's going to make them come back and buy from you? You have done the work to build a relationship. You have let them know who you are and what you know and that you care that they find the information that they were looking for, regardless of whether they find the information in your product.

You let them know who you are by offering them an About Me page. This isn't so you can toot your horn or tell them anything more than who you are, tell them your story, your why.

You are going to blog and share information you don't have on your web site. You're going to share some of the information they might get if they bought your product. And you're always going to link back to your site in your blog.

And you are going to look for forums that you can post to. Build friendships by answering the questions that can establish your expertise.

You will write articles that answer the questions you get in emails and on forums and comments on your blog.

There is a lot of work to be done. And if you do the work, your business will grow. Not over-night. Not in the blink of an eye. Not a flush of weak growth that won't last. But a slow, strong, enduring growth...

So let's get to work!

Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions

Get On the Ride!

2006-07-26T10:35:00.000-07:00

All right, I've got to share this with you because it is just too unique...You have never seen anything like it.

Content is king right? Of course it is, but how do you get it out there in a way that people will be curious about it. Because doing something different is definitely a way to get people to investigate. The internet is moving so fast, and if you aren't in the stream of moving technology you will get left behind. And playing catch-up is just no fun.

So here it is:

I promise you have not seen anything like this before. I know, I've heard that before too. But if you don't check this out, you will be missing the boat. You will be playing catch-up, and you'll be kicking yourself the whole way.

Hey, let me know what you think. Feel free to post a comment. Let everyone know what you think. It's okay...

To your ever abundant success,

Christy
Organic Marketing Success
Personally Organic Success

And if you're at all interested, check out my new website:
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CONTENT | CONTENT | CONTENT

2006-06-20T06:00:00.000-07:00

=============="The Web's Best-Kept Traffic Secret"=========================

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Did you realize that thousands of website operators use a simple technique to generate targeted visitors to their websites without paying a dime in advertising? It's true.

In fact, the technique works so well that many of them don't want you to discover how they get those thousands of website visitors and make so many sales on virtual "auto-pilot."

Their method?

Creating tightly focused articles other people publish in their ezines (online magazines and email newsletters) and post on their websites. This method rates so powerful that some even call it "the web's best kept traffic secret."

Now, you may ask, "Why would an ezine publisher or website owner publish my articles for their subscribers?"

The answer: Content!

Over a 100,000 ezines and newsletters operate on the web (along with millions of websites) covering everything from pets and cooking to investments and real estate. Many of them need tightly focused content and they simply can't produce all of it themselves.

Look at it this way... it's the same reason newspapers use the Associated Press. Individual newspapers often can't afford staff writers to cover every story, so they accept articles from outside their organization.

You can do the exact same thing for various ezines and websites catering to your niche audience!

You can get valuable publicity -- exposure you often couldn't even pay for if you wanted to -- by providing valuable, content-rich articles in exchange for a byline and a link to your website (called a "resource box")!

The following represent only a few of the enormous benefits of writing and distributing simple articles online:

** Attain "Expert" Status **

Let's face it! In the eyes of virtually everyone who reads your articles you rank as the "expert" on the subject. Just look at people who write newspaper columns. You may disagree with their viewpoints, but they still have an elevated status in your mind compared to the "average Joe"off the street.

** Pre-sell Website Visitors **

If your article appeals to a niche audience hungry for more information on a very focused subject, you actually pre-sell them better than any sales pitch. In their minds, you've already delivered content they really want so when they click over to your site you already have a "reputation" in their minds.

** Traffic Lasts Longer **

Even though the Internet changes very quickly, webmasters are usually very slow to remove content from their sites. Once you get an article posted on another person's website, you have an excellent chance of that article staying there for weeks, months, even years.

** Increase Links To Your Site **

In a recent search I found just a dozen of my articles posted on over 813 different websites! Not only do those postings bring me traffic, but they also help my search engine positioning because of my increased "Link Popularity."

** Builds Your Affiliate Base **

Fact: Affiliates always take the path of least resistance. If you provide excellent articles they can easily post on their sites or copy and paste into their ezines, your affiliates will promote you more often and more effectively compared to those who don't give them tools. Plus, as you make more sales and publish articles, other people will see you providing excellent tools and will want to sign up as your affiliate so they can use them too!

** Build a Huge "Opt-In" Email List **

You can use articles to build up a huge list of subscribers by simply compiling several articles into a series and delivering them at preset intervals. Often called a "mini-course," this technique allows you not only to prove to your subscribers that you deliver great information, but enables you to capture their name and email address so you can send them articles and special offers in the future (with their permission).

** Requires No Special Skills **

People often think they need to be a "writer" in order to publish articles, but that's not true! FACT: If you have a passion for a subject and can talk and explain things like you would to a friend over a cup of coffee, you can write articles people will love to read. So if you operate a website selling virtually any type of product or service (whether your own or as an affiliate), publishing and promoting with articles should rank high on your list of traffic generation strategies. No other method of generating targeted traffic to your website provides the quality, quantity and steadiness of traffic in such a simple, straightforward, and cost-effective manner. ----Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author of an amazing new ebook, "Turn Words Into Traffic," that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or affiliate link! Click=>to get this excellent book now.

There are probably ways you are already turning you words into traffic right now and you don't even know it, because sometimes it's all in the way you perceive a thing.

If you talk to friends and business associates about what you are doing and they ask for your website address or blog address so they can look at what you are doing, you just turned your words into traffic.

The act of blogging is turning your words into traffic if you use your blog to link back to your website, or an affiliate link.

If you post to forums and are able to add a link to your website as part of your signature then once again you have turned your words into traffice.

If you go the traditional route and advertise in your local paper and provide a link to your website and/or blog, there you have your words turned into traffic.

Don't put off writing articles because you think you can't write. If you have something to say that someone else wants to know about they are going to read it. If you are passionate about your topic and sincere in what you want to share then if they are interested they are going to investigate what you have to offer. If not then they are not going to convert into a sales anyway so you haven't lost a thing.

To your online success,

Christy

Organic Marketing Solutions

Helping your business grow...Worldwide.

A Part of Something New

2006-06-14T13:53:00.000-07:00

Today almost everyone has an email inbox- over 1 billion people worldwide. And almost all have the same complaints: spam, viruses, offensive offers, scams, identity theft, child predators, to name a few. No one is satisfied with the issues surrounding public email, and individuals and business spend tens of millions of dollars every year to combat them- with very limited success. If the problems were solved, we wouldn’t still be talking about them, would we?

Many alternatives to email are becoming available. If you are marketing on the internet it is smart to become involved in each of them as exposure to your business will spread and help your business grow.

Here is another answer to the problem and it's free. Click on the banner above and check it out.

Let me know if you join, because I would love to get to know you.

Hope to see you there.

To your online success,

Christy

SEO Tools & Resources

2006-06-08T06:33:00.000-07:00

SEO - for those of you who don't recognize it, this stands for Search Engine Optimization. For those of you who do recognize it it has meant a lot of work setting your Meta Tags, and filling your web pages with keyword rich content. But there is more to SEO than just that, a lot more.

Quality, relevant back links, links to high quality forums, and daisy chaining all your sites together so when the "google bot" finds you he finds all of you.

For those of you who have never heard of daisy chaining I will relate a childhood memory I have living on my Dad's cattle ranch in Oregon.

Daisys grew wild on my dads ranch and I spent many hours as a child picking these simple little flowers and using them in a multitude of ways in my imaginary play. One of the things I did is to make necklaces by chaining the flowers together. To do this I would use my fingernail to split the stem and I would thread the stem of another flower though it to connect the two flowers together. I would continue doing this, flower by flower until I had a "chain of flowers" long enough that when the two ends were linked together it made a fine necklace.

When I first heard the term "daisy chain" this childhood memory immediately came to mind. And essentially this is what you are doing when you daisy chain all of your websites, blogs, ads, and news releases together. Start with your main url and work your way through all your websites, blogs, ads etc linking each to the next. Then create a free web page which points to your last "daisy". Finally, write a news release which points to your free page, submit this release to Google. Google bot will then proceed to crawl through each of your links ending up at your main url. If you have done the rest of your work creating a site rich in content and quality back links you have a hit with Google.

Ultimately success on the internet is as simple as a childhood daisy chain. It takes time, perserverence and patience. But if you are faithful to provide quality information to your visitors Google will reward you, and they will come.

There is a high quality resource to help you build the backbone of your internet business. It is called SEO Elite.

Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing, or any sort of practical, web-related knowledge has four pillars:

Passive learning – through books and courses.
Experience – by practicing what you have learned.
Active Learning – interaction with other people in your field of interest, sharing knowledge and gaining from their experience.
Industry Support – tools that can help you do your work better.

There is a free resource you can access on my website Organic Marketing Solutions called "Search Engine Optimization Made Easy". This is an excellent ebook with top notch information from an SEO expert.

To your successful marketing strategies,

Christy,
Organic Marketing Solutions
Helping your business grow...Worldwide.

What's Happening With Email?

2006-05-18T10:49:00.000-07:00

We have come a long way

from the pony express.

And because we have always

had a need to stay in

touch new technology has been created to help us do that easier

and faster.

With technology came new ways of staying connected - the telegraph,

the telephone,the television, the computer and email.

With the addition of each new technology has
come the new age of scam artists. Spam, scams,
and unethical marketing has taken the
technology of electronic mail into new territory.
Marketers who are trying to get their messages
read are flooding their subscriber's inboxes with duplicate emails
with the hope that at least one will make it through "the filters".

The result is marketers are sending massive amounts of email

that must be sifted through and deleted. Now, this takes a

considerable amount of time. It takes time to download your

messages, time to sort through it all and decide what you want

to keep and what you want to delete. Time to unsubscribe if you

decide you want to do that. And time to delete your deleted files.

The time it takes to manage your email these days has become

overwhelming.

But there is an answer, and I have found it.

QUICKONNEX IS THE ANSWER!

If you are a publisher you need this. If you simply want to stay in touch
without having to use email, you need this. Subscribing is free. Get your
friends and family signed up and say good-bye to email. I know I want to
make sure the people I am trying to stay in touch with are getting my
communication. With Quickonnex you can.

I'm sorry, I just can't believe the state of my inbox. I need to get out. How about you?

Let me know what you think...

To your sanity,

Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions
Helping your business grow...Worldwide.

What Good is a Blog if it Doesn't Get Read

2006-05-11T16:50:00.000-07:00

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Blogging for Business

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Blogging is a great way to get your business seen in a way that people don't fee like they're being sold. You can build relationships and trust and still get your ideas and products exposed to the market you're after.

But what good is a blog if it isn't read? You put all that effort into posting and pasting but nobody ever sees it!

I just came across a great new tool. Click on the banner above and you will see what I mean.

The last time I blog surfed I got a very rude view of some womans privates parts. Needless to say I haven't surfed since. Yet, surfing is a great way to find the unexpected. It takes you out of your mind and lets the universe bring whatever it will. That is when you find the jewels.

So go surfing today and earn yourself some traffic for your blog by clicking on the banner above.

Creating Great Content

2006-05-10T09:52:00.000-07:00

CONTENT IS KING!

In continuing with the thoughts I was sharing with you in my last post...Content is King!

There are three basic ingredients that will help build the popularity of your site with the search engines and bring you organic traffic.

Keyword density
Relevant links
Content

We will eventually cover all three of these ingredients but for now lets focus on content, because first and foremost this is what your visitor is looking for. And in a way, the idea of content overlaps each of the other ingredients as well.

The content on your web site needs to be relevant to the product you are selling or the service you are providing. Only include information that is pertinent to your site's theme.

Your first statement needs to be bold and it needs to let your visitor know exactly what you are going to be sharing with them. You might try starting out with your conclusion. Then your reader will be curious about how or why you reach that conclusion.

KISS - Keep it short and simple. No long wordy explanations that might loose your reader as to the purpose of your statement. And no big technological terms that the reader might not recognize.

Read it outloud to yourself to hear how it reads. Make sure and proofread it for typos. Don't depend on your spellcheck.

If you simply don't have the time for all this then hire someone to do it for you. I know how busy small business owners are just keeping their business running. To do the work of marketing and to do it well is often times just not possible.

That's my purpose behind Organic Marketing Solutions . I could help you with affordable solutions.

Another solution is RSS FEED... You can actually set your site up to receive relevent content automatically. A very simple to use, affordable software that does just that is called

Provide good, fresh, consistent content and your visitor will come back and refer friends. You will be surprised at the results.

To Your Success,

Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions
Helping your business grow...Worldwide.

Marketing Your Business with Content

2006-05-02T20:38:00.000-07:00

The internet has always been known as the information highway. While people are going to the internet more and more to purchase items they might not be able to find locally, that which is most sought after is still information. No matter what your business site might be selling or promoting, it needs to have quality information to bring the people to visit you.

Getting someone to look at your business means inviting them to have a relationship with you. Sharing the information your visitor is looking for means they will stay and have a look and if the information is good and fresh they will come back. If the information is good and fresh when they come back then they will return again and again. In this way you are building a relationship with that visitor and they are more likely to trust you when they need your services or product. You have made a friend and friends buy from friends. Friends tell other friends about the new friend they have made and all the great information they got.

Be patient and build the relationship and the rest will come, and it will be good. I am a gardener and I understand about patience. It takes time for the seed to germinate, grow and produce fruit. But the fruit is always worth waiting for. So it is in building relationships with your web site visitors. Focus on giving your best. Use the best soil, quality fertilizer and clean, fresh water and the seed will spring forth and produce the best of fruit.

To your marketing success,

Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions
Helping your business grow.

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A Part of Something New

SEO Tools & Resources

What's Happening With Email?

What Good is a Blog if it Doesn't Get Read

Creating Great Content

Marketing Your Business with Content

How you convince
your prospect to freely
give you their contact information