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Jun 5, Peter Jones Biography - Fresh Thinking Business
Read our Peter Jones Biography - Television, leisure and property entrepreneur, reality TV star from Fresh Thinking Business
Jun 5, The Top 10 AdWords Quality Score Myths - Fresh Thinking Business
Trade misconceptions for realities to help you proceed with confidence as we show you how to get more clicks for less money with your AdWords campaign with Fresh Thinking Business
Jun 5, The Ten Commandments of Great Customer Service! - Fresh Thinking Business
Learn the 10 commandments of customer service that will entice customers to continue doing business with you and recommend you to friends and associates. Find out more at Fresh Thinkins Business.
Jun 5, Cost-Cutting for Every Phase of the Startup Process - Fresh Thinking Business
Learn how to pinch your pennies during startup and build a successful business with Fresh Thinking Business
Apr 3, The Ultimate Guide to Avoiding Google Penalties - Fresh Thinking Business
The Ultimate Guide to Avoiding Google Penalties...and how to remove them if you ever do get penalized!
Apr 3, 7 Secrets to Business Startup Success - Fresh Thinking Business
Ever wish you had a cheat sheet for starting a great business? Here are 7 core principles to help you on your way. Visit Fresh Thinking Business today!
Apr 3, 3 Essentials for Making the Most of a Home-Based Business
3 Essentials for Making the Most of a Home-Based Business - Fresh Thinking Business
Apr 3, Hugh Marston Hefner Biography - Fresh Thinking Business
Hugh Marston Hefner Biography
Feb 5, Stelios Haji-Ioannou Biography
Founder and CEO of 'EasyJet' and Chairman of the EasyGroup. Read the Stelios Haji-Ioannou biography at Fresh Thinking Business
Feb 5, Google News Submission Guidelines - Fresh Thinking Business
Are you an authority in your sector? Add another traffic source to your web site by submitting your site to Google News. Visit Fresh Thinking Business today to find out how.
Feb 5, Revive Your Marketing With Fresh Tactics - Fresh Thinking Business
Has your company's marketing gone stagnant? Revive your marketing with fresh tactics from Fresh Thinking Business
Feb 5, Start a Business in 10 Minutes a Day - Fresh Thinking Business
In the time it takes you to drink your morning coffee, you can start building the business you've always dreamed about. Find out more at Fresh Thinking Business today!
Nov 12, Maximize the Power of Personalization Marketing - Fresh Thinking Business
Personalize marketing messages and increase sales with these 3 smart tactics. Visit Fresh Thinking Business to find out more.
Nov 12, Grow Your Online Business In One Week - Fresh Thinking Business
Spend the next week looking at your online business and see what you can do to make it grow with Fresh Thinking Business
Nov 12, 8 Ways to Revamp Your Business Card - Fresh Thinking Business
From leather to vertical layouts, business cards are getting a new look. Find out what's hip - and what's not at Fresh Thinking Business
Oct 2, Jeffrey Preston Bezos Biography
Founder of Amazon.com, one of the most used and successful online marketplaces online - Jeffrey Preston Bezos Biography
Oct 2, Henry Ford Biography - Fresh Thinking Business
Maker of the Model T Ford car, Businessman and American Philanthropist - Henry Ford Biography
Aug 7, Optimizing Google Universal - Fresh Thinking Business
Discover how you can optimize every aspect of your Website that is under your control.Get ready for Google Universal, it's not just a good idea; it's a necessity. Visit Fresh Thinking Business today!
Aug 7, Social Media Marketing (SMM) - Fresh Thinking Business
Social Media Marketing (SMM) combines the goals of internet marketing with social media sites. Find out more ways of promoting your web site online with Fresh Thinking Business.
Aug 7, Social Bookmarking - Fresh Thinking Business
Not sure what social bookmarking is or how to use it? Read our handy guide on the things you should know about social bookmarking from Fresh Thinking Business.
Jul 31, Search Engine Optimization Site Audit - Fresh Thinking Business
Use our affordable SEO site audit to improve your website search engine placement. Our audit will highlight where your website excels and where it falls short of becoming search engine friendly.
Jul 31, Amani Children's Home - Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro- Fresh Thinking Business
See how I'm raising money for Amani Childrens Home through running half marathons and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Jul 5, Drive Visitors to Your eBay Listings - Fresh Thinking Business
Visit Fresh Thinking Business and find out how search engines can drive visitors to your eBay listings
Jul 5, Ebay Smart Tips - Fresh Thinking Business
Use these ebay smart tips from Fresh Thinking Business to help build a lucrative online business and go zero to millions of dollars in sales.
Jul 5, eBay Motors Automotive Business Success - Fresh Thinking Business
Make the most of eBay Motors, you'll be on the road to business sucess in no time. Visit Fresh Thinking Business to find out more
Jun 7, 10 Steps to Startup Success - Fresh Thinking Business
Increase the chances of your business startup success with our guide from Fresh Thinking Business.
Jun 7, Directory Link Building - Fresh Thinking Business
When linkbuilding a good place to start is by submitting to directories. Find out what key factors to look out for with our handy guide from Fresh Thinking Business
Jun 7, Cold Calling Confidence - Fresh Thinking Business
Learn to turn cold call anxiety into confidence with these cold calling strategies from Fresh Thinking Business.
May 15, Make sales from your 404 error page - Fresh Thinking Business
Make sales from your 404 error page by customizing it with suggestions and recommendations of where to go next
May 14, Don't Trick the Google Ad Click
Placing Google AdSense units and navigation elements on a website can be accomplished without leading to accidental clicks. Webmasters should beware of doing otherwise.
The many ways webmasters can arrange their site elements could lead them to drop their AdSense units in inappropriate places. When there is a chance something could overlap the AdSense unit,
people may click on the ad without meaning to do so.
It's something Google looks for in its continuing analysis of ad clicks. Accidental clicks can cost an advertiser money if they aren't sorted out of the legitimate clicks.
Google's AdSense blog addressed this recently, and gave examples of elements that should not have ad units placed too near to them:
- In close proximity to Macromedia Flash games
- Under pop-ups or download prompts
- Near site navigation controls on your pages, such as drop-downs or menu links
Putting AdSense units too near these elements may make Google's mechanisms think they have been placed intentionally, in order to grab a few accidental clicks and boost the site's ad revenue.
It's against Google's policies and could get a site punished for doing so.
In turn, publishers have been asking for clarification of AdSense placement. As a rule, they are encouraged to have their ad units integrated in a way that allows them to attract relevant ads based
on the site's content.
A follow-up post from Google on this placement with regards to optimizing ads showed examples of acceptable and unacceptable implementations.
"You can understand that increasing the possibility of accidental clicks on your sites is not in the best interest of users or advertisers, and we wanted to make you aware of this risk,"
Mike Deeringer from AdSense Publisher Support wrote.
"This is why we ask that you maintain sufficient distance between your ads and any elements of your page on which users may often click."
The advice also comes across as a reminder that Google is watching for sites generating a lot of accidental clicks through their navigation or other element placement. It's likely that some
people have realized the benefit of accidental clicks, forcing Google to give this subtle reminder about doing AdSense the right way.
Mar 17, Achieve Your Business Goals With An Action Plan
You are always more likely to succeed when you have a plan, and with business its no different. When starting up in business the chances of success are greatly increased if you have a business plan. Again if you want to expand your business, a business growth plan will be a valuable aid. Here is a 7-part action plan to help you achieve your business (and life) goals:
1. DECIDE exactly what you want in life in each area, and write it down. Make your goals clear, specific and measurable.
2. SPECIFY the most important skill you could develop to move you into the top 10 percent of people in your field. Then do something immediately to begin developing that skill.
3. IDENTIFY the major constraint or limiting factor inside yourself or in your world that is setting the speed at which you achieve your most important goal, and begin working on removing that constraint today.
4. DETERMINE your single biggest problem or obstacle in your business or personal life. Then focus all your time and attention on the possible solutions.
5. MAKE a list of what you would want to be, do and have if you had no limitations and you were absolutely guaranteed success.
6. ACCEPT complete responsibility for your life. From this day forward, refuse to make excuses or blame anyone for anything. Instead, take action to make your goals a reality.
7. REAFFIRM and visualize your goals of financial success, excellent health and personal happiness as a reality. Remember, the person you see is the person you will be.
Mar 6, Amani Children's Home
This year I've decided to raise money for a charity. This is something that is relativly new to me, apart from donating money to a fundraiser someone else has organised, I've never really got involved in the fund raising.
This time I am organising a series of fundraising events over the year to raise money for the Amani Children's Home. Amani Children's Home takes care of orphans and street-children at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. It rescues children from malnutrition, homelessness, and abuse. Amani supports over 140 children and is committed to providing a safe place for children to grow in mind, body and spirit. See www.amanikids.org.
These fundraising events will include running a couple half marathons and climbing Mt Kilimanjaro. The first half marathon is this Snday March 11th - The Hastings Half-marathon: http://www.hastings-half.co.uk/
I have only been able to manage limited training - and with this course being one of the toughest half marathons around - I'm definitely going to have my work cut out for me.
If you want to donate, and this can be anything from 2 (or equivalent) upwards, visit my secure donation page at: http://www.justgiving.com/dougplatts
Thank you for all your support.
Doug Platts
Mar 1, Out bound linking
There has been alot of talk back and forth about the good and bad effects of out-bound linking. I just thought I would add my thoughts on subject.
While the occasional link to other related sites might not provide much search engine value, to a website owner many outbound links are an entirely different matter. If a site links to the most relevant sites on the theme, including the most important authority sites, the linking out site can gain major importance in Google.
That importance arrives in the form of being regarded as a hub site by Google. Along with the hub site status conferred upon sites that are like train stations for themed links, comes high search rankings. SEO professionals agree that becoming a hub site for a sites most important keywords is a worthwhile goal. Part of becoming a hub site involves linking out to related sites. Some of those sites might even be competitors.
There will always be people who leave a site for other places, as they are only a click away. Its really impossible to keep a web visitor captive on a site. The best solution is probably to provide a great site, to which visitors will return over and over, while linking to sites that provide additional theme-related information.
If a website owner wants to gain customers and clients, the onus rests on them to develop the best site possible. That situation will require outgoing links to other sites as well.
There is some definite long term advantage to linking out as well as offering immediate assistance to your sites visitors. Your site might be accorded the coveted hub site by Google, and the high search rankings that come with that status. You will be glad you linked to some other sites in that case.
Feb 22, Sign Up for a Site Audit
Are you looking to increase the ranking of your web site so that more potential customers can find you?
Before you spend thousands on a SEO program let us audit your web site to let you know what the search engines are seeing.
The SEO Site Audit is the starting point for any SEO campaign. This SEO report delivers a personalised blue print for your website that will set it on the path to high visibility within all the major search engines.
The report will consist of a 3 to 4 page report that you can give to your web designer or webmaster to help them improve your website ranking.
There are three SEO audits you can purchase, with each one going into more depth when analyzing your website.
Have a look at our SEO Site Audit here
Feb 12, Business articles, SEO Site Audit & Business Directory - Fresh Thinking Business
Free business articles and business directory. Entrepreneur biographies and resources reviewed ...
Feb 9, Reach new markets and grow your business
Visit the business growth section of our business articles and find our latest articles on expanding your business and markets.
Up-selling Strategy: Make the most of your customers
Make the most of your existing customer base with these up-selling strategies. They can...
- provide you with referrals
- introduce you to prospects
- endorse your products and services
- display your literature and products in their offices and homes
- distribute your information
- publish information for you
Business growth: 5 ways for targeting new markets
Try these five examples of marketing strategies to create sales for your business within new markets...
- Expanding your product line or service offerings
- Using strategic marketing alliances
- Opening a new location
- Marketing on the Internet
- Franchising or licensing your business concept.
Boost your business with the help of your customers
Don't miss out on the opportunity of a helping hand. Be prepared for when someone offers to help with your business...
- Selling more of what your customers are already buying
- Selling complementary products and services
- Introducing non-complementary products and services
- Offer new products and services that your business has added
Jan 30, Yahoo Authentication
Jan 30, Verification
Jan 2, New online articles to improve you website's potential
You've decided on what you want your website to be about and have attracted your visitors through search engines and various other online referers, but how do you keep them on your site and get them coming back for more?
The latest additions to the online business section of our business articles help you design you website to reach its full potential and keep you visitors hooked.
Content building to enhance your site traffic
Structure your site for accessibility
Effective website navigation
How to Establish Credibility on Your Web Site
Dec 19, Newsletter out December 26th - sign up today to not miss out
Sign up to our monthly newsletter, out on the last Tuesday of each month. Get all the latest updates to the Fresh Thinking Business website in one great newsletter. Find out about the latest articles and entrepreneur biographies as well as any hints or tips that i think would be useful in the world of business.
For the week following the newsletter release, subscribers will have access to articles and biographies before anyone else. Giving you a first look at all the latest additions and helping you keep ahead of the game. After that week the additions will be integrated into the website for everyone else.
This months newsletter is looking at how online businesses can attract and keep that traffic and business in the vast World Wide Web.
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Dec 14, Lower your tax bill with with these last minute tax maneuvers
With the holidays so near taxes are probably the last thing on your mind. But now is the perfect time to cut you 2006 tax bill.
To save money, look at how much revenue your business made this year and then estimate for next year. Be aware that your best tax maneuvers will different if this year was an unusually good one, or if you are expecting a jump in sales next year.
If your revenue will rise next year
Hold off paying any expenses until January - you will need the write-offs more next year. Pull in as much revenue as you can collect this year.
If you forecast a slump next year
Now is the time to defer income into 2007 and prepay as many expenses as you can. Make any equipment purchases, or prepay fees now. Revalue, sell off or donate obsolete merchandise for an inventory write-off.
Here is a final tip for lowering your tax bill:
If you are close to the income limit of your tax bracket, make extra efforts to reduce gross income. Some ways of doing this are: donate to a charity or contribute to a retirement plan.
Dec 10, Latest additions - new biography and networking article
The latest article to be added to the business growth section is all about networking.
Follow these simple but effective tips to help improve your networking skills and expand your business:
- Set a goal to meet five (or more!) new people at each event
- Try one or two new groups per month
- Carry business cards everywhere
- Don't make a beeline for your seat
- Don't sit by peole you know
- Get active
- Be friendly and approachable
- Set a goal for what you expect from each meeting
- Be willing to give to recieve
Also
Continuing on with our entertainment entrepreneur theme the latest biography is all about Oprah Winfrey.
Read how she became one of Americas most wealthy and successful women. Find out how she pioneered the talk show program with her The Oprah Winfrey Show and has won many awards for her entrepreneurial spirit and desire to change society for the better.
Nov 22, The Rise and Rise of Sean 'P Diddy' Combs
Starting off life in Harlem, Sean Combs has risen to become one of the most influential and well known faces of the entertainment industry.
From creating his own clothing line to opening his own retaurant chain, Combs has not limited his business endeavours to just the entertainment industry.
Read about the life of
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