5 Web Design Mistakes Businesses Can’t Afford to Make!

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In a hyperconnected world, businesses live and die by their online presence.

Local businesses, licensed professionals, freelancers, online entrepreneurs — everyone needs to develop their own website in order to stay relevant and competitive.

While building a website nowadays is easier than ever, some people aren’t exactly well-versed in the digital marketing sphere. The same can be said for self-proclaimed “freelance web designers” who heavily depend on templates and themes to get the job done.

As a result, most websites fail to garner an audience, generate sales, or do anything remotely beneficial to the company that owns them.

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Google Analytics Metrics for sponsored posts and banner ads!

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I have worked with Advertisers on my blogs.

One of the things they often ask is your Google Analytics (GA) stats and for the most part, bloggers don’t know what to do.

Google Analytics is a huge collection of website traffic and conversion data. Reading and interpreting the data is such a daunting task.

There are things we can’t avoid if we are in this business model of selling website space. Advertisers are not stupid. They invest where they foresee results.

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10 Types of Lead Magnets that Worked for Me

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I still remember clearly, when way back in 2003 – I made my first online blog!

It was a free blog on a sub-domain of a site, not self-hosted. Did I know back then that blogging will become my career!

No. I knew nothing back then, but it was all fun – and thus it kept me busy. I learnt several marketing methods that were popular then, like directory submission, article submission etc. Much of those methods are already done but one thing that has persisted over the years and I still do it is – Email Marketing.

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SEO marketing agency ~ 5 Tips to choosing an SEO Firm that doesn’t hurt.

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There are different sources of traffic for any online business – SEO, Social Media, Referral, Email, direct, Search PPC, Social PPC, etc.

I personally am of the opinion that SEO Traffic is top of the list in terms of relevancy and conversion. But getting natural traffic is not with just a click of the button.

Now, you have three options if you want more visitors from search engines:

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Thank You Blog Commentators (101 authors with 199 comments)

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The month of May was so engaging and I love it

A huge Thank You to everyone that visited my blog. And my comment authors are just so awesome.

In the month of April, there were 88 authors who made 161 comments. Here is the list generated by MyCommentAuthors. Get your free copy here. Read more about it here.

There was an improvement in engagement and I’m happy with my commentators. So thank you guys. Here is the list.

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How to Find the Best Freelance Websites for Your Business!

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There are tons of freelance platforms out there but finding the best freelance websites is not something that’s easy to deal with.

In this post, I’m not going to give you a list of these platforms. I’ll give you checkpoints to help you find the best freelance service to function with.

Choosing the wrong platform could simply mean the beginning of a broken business. That’s why you should not rush at this point. Following these simple tips will help you locate the most qualified talent for your job.

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