We cover buying local versus foreign, and a self help tip about being grateful for future accomplishmentsPlay Now | Play in Popup | Download
This podcast touches on a lot topics including:
Some economic stats including the increase in food stamp of 50% in the past 5 years – good time to make some extra money or more money by creating your own business
Paper assets (money) versus gold and silver
Buying locally keeps more money in your community
Creating your own job frees up a job for someone else
Self help tip from Joe Dispenza – Be grateful now for what you will accomplish in the future. Be specific and think about how grateful you will be and to whom when you accomplish your specific goal
We all have 24 hours in the day – It is matter of taking action
What to spend time and money on to grow your business?
We only have so many seconds in each day. Where should you be spending them?
I mention a Tmobile home phone service I have but I’ve not been using as an example of something I can spend some time to cancel. Update I did call to cancel and they gave me the service free for a year. So I’ll have to spend more time in the future to cancel it if I don’t end up using it.
Should you be using an electronic or call center to help you with your calls? Kall8.com may be a good option or an actual call center service like CMS may work well for you especially if you still have a full time job. This ensures someone is answering the calls you can’t answer.
Are you spending a decent amount of your time watching TV which merely passes your free time? I’ve been cable and TV free for over a year and I’m happy with the extra free time. When I’m bored I realize I would have been watching TV but now that isn’t an option so I find other things to do.
We only have so many seconds in a day how can you better use yours to free up more of your time in the future?
This is a short video showing you how to setup conversion tracking for your website using Google. Basically you name the conversion, select a few options and Google give you code for your page that lets them track the conversion. This is handy so as you know which clicks (free or paid etc) are turning into conversions. A conversion may be selling something or filling out a form or even making it to a certain page.
This small business podcast covers SEO and Marketing tips for your business.
SEO basics
Adding more content to your site is always a good thing and more important than most people realize. So add some good content to your site now!
Do you have a sitemap file which is a simple page with links to all of your pages?
Have you started using and REVIEWING anayltics of visitors of your website? You should so as you see which keywords are getting visitors to your website. You might find some long tail keywords that end up being a niche market for you small business.
Have you looked at google’s suggestions for keywords/key phrases which are different but similar to they key words you are using?
Are you using key phrases with your youtube videos? Are you using posts to google plus to highlight your business?
Have you added your company and website to linkedin?
Where else can the search engines see your business so as it knows your company is more than just a website.
Hopefully you can take some action today to help your website’s SEO.