http://www.businessevolved.com en-us http://www.businessevolved.com N/A evolve@businessevolved.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:21:47 -0500 20 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/537/1/Data-Recovery%3A-3-Steps-To-Fix-It When do you need data recovery help? There are going to be those times when you just delete the wrong file or lose your data when your computer somehow loses power. But, what about the event of hard drive failure? What in the world can you do then to repair the lost data that you have? There are several things that you will want to do to get that data back. Luckily, today's computers are often powerful tools that have some helpful strategies to prevent and restore these problems. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/515/1/Credit-Card-Payment-Processing-Software-Lets-Anyone-Accept-Credit-Cards At one time (say, five to ten years ago) there were big barriers to entry when it came to accepting credit cards. There were stiff application fees, lengthy applications, and detailed credit history checks. In most countries, it's still like that. But in the US, competition for the exploding ecommerce market has eroded those restrictions. The shift from a hardware-based to a software-based credit card processing system has also helped democratize things. Now, virtually any adult in the US can take credit card payments freereprint@upmarketcontent.com (Joel Walsh) Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/528/1/Three-Reasons-Why-More-Website-Content-Increases-Traffic People typically visit the internet in search of information.They are looking for content that is relevant to their purpose.They typically are not looking for marketing ploys. There are anumber of ways to increase this content, including having asearch engine optimization company provide you with keyword rich articles, but there are three major reasons why more website content increases your website traffic. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/523/1/Control-The-Success-Of-Your-Internet-Business-With-One-Simple-Step When I was first getting started online, I made a lot ofmistakes. Not because I wasn?t trying to model successfulbusinesses, but because there simply weren?t businesses online to model. (In 1996, I was among the first handful of people to actually start selling products over the Internet.) evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/512/1/So-You-Want-Your-Site-To-Be-Number-1 You have products or services you want to sell? You want to use the internet as your main publicity vehicle? So you want awebsite? You want to sit atop the rankings for the searchengines? You want... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/511/1/What-The-Font%3F-%3F-Understanding-Typefaces-On-The-Web Do you operate a website, send out electronic newsletters ore-mail campaigns? Have you ever experimented with the different fonts (typefaces) available? If you have, you probablydiscovered there are numerous fonts available on your computer ? in some cases 100-200 or more. How then do you decide which font to use? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/502/1/How-to-Build-a-Quality-Website Website development is increasingly becoming a sophisticated task with narrow specialties. Before handing over your job, make sure that the company does have all the right people in its team. The team may also consist of other specialists apart from the ones listed below: evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/497/1/Sales-Leads---Three-Things-Every-Website-Should-Do When I started my company in 2002, I knew I needed to have a website. Why? To provide credibility! How can a company be "real" in this day and age if it doesn't have a website? So, like many companies, I published an informational website that explained "here's who we are, and here's what we do". evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/496/1/Increase-Web-Site-Traffic-And-Your-Search-Engine-Rankings In this article You'll Learn How you can Increase web sitetraffic at your site. This article will assume you understandSearch Engine optimization terms (SEO). Over the last fewyears, search engine optimization (SEO) has been needed and used more and more, although it has been around for much longer than most people think. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/491/1/7-Secrets-to-a-Successful-Business-Blog%3A-How-to-Blog-Smart Today's software makes it so easy to set up a blog that itseems like everybody and their neighbor has a blog. Yes,they are a fad right now. And yes, they are a great businesstool for any business, large or small - and they're here tostay. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/481/1/Why-You-Should-Avoid-Developing-A-Website-In-Flash If you know anything about website design, or anything aboutthe Internet in general, then you have probably heard of flash.There are actually lots of websites and advertisements onlinethat utilize flash and some web designers are claiming thatFlash is the future of the Internet and web design. However,currently there are.... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/459/1/Really-Communicate-To-Your-Website-Visitors This article might be a bit different than you've come toexpect from a webmaster-related article. The reason is that, inmy opinion, it is a facet of the internet many people don'treally think about. And that is communication. But, bycommunication I mean more than just talking or writing. Readon... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/456/1/3-Kinds-of-Online-Advertising Your online business will likely require more advertising than acontemporary business downtown, yet some new to the world of online business do not spend the time and money to advertise their business appropriately and are, in turn, losing money. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/445/1/5-Tips-For-Making-Your-Website-More-User-Friendly There are many things you can do to make your website as user friendly as possible. And, believe it or not, this should beyour number one goal when it comes to designing a websitebecause if it is not easy for visitors to navigate then theysimply will not visit and your business will suffer. So, thefollowing tips will help you significantly when trying to makeyour site as user friendly as possible. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/418/1/Permission-Email-Marketing-Tips-For-Offline-Small-Business-Owners Unless your small business is situated under a rock, you'veprobably heard something about email marketing by now, and you may have even wondered if it's time for your small business to get into it. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/412/1/Web-Based-Learning-Management-Systems-Deployed-In-Customer-Support-Settings In many respects, e-learning has matured as a technology and industry. Today we will look at how web-based learningmanagement systems can and are being used as part of thecustomer support function in a company or organization. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/409/1/Five-Great-Reasons-To-Start-Utilizing-Web-%26-Video-Conferencing-Technology--Now Several years ago I was in a computer store and a salesman was trying to sell me something, in fact, he was trying to sell me anything that he could. I said that I had the latest computer and really didn?t need anything more. Then he showed me a web camera and I thought for a few seconds, but I really couldn?t figure out why I would need that gadget. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/407/1/-A-Website-Without-Online-Marketing%3A-A-Fruitless-Tree Have you quit your day job and invested time and money intoyour own online business? Are you wondering where thosepromised visitors and the profit from them have gotten stuck?Then read on before your precious investment is fully wasted. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/405/1/Email-The-Indispensable-And-Powerful-Tool-Of-Successful-Internet-Marketers. The enormous development of the Internet has enabled emailsconveying useful information, to be transmitted simultaneously to several recipients worldwide in a matter of seconds. The Power, Reach and Sophistication of Emails are such that it has become the most inexpensive and effective way to promote your Internet Marketing Business. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/376/1/Six-Easy-Ways-To-Get-The-Most-Out-Of-Internet-Marketing-Seminars My online marketing results improved by 2000% when I started attending live seminars. This was because I shared ideas with, and learned from, others in my industry. This was because,  we harnessed the tremendous leverage of each others' assets. Prior to that point, I had been off working mostly by myself. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/371/1/Focus---A-Big-Internet-Marketing-Success-Secret On a recent "how to" teleseminar, where I was the guest speaker, I was asked how I manage to do so many different things. You see, I have hundreds of websites in different niches. From these websites I sell dozens of my own products, plus affiliate products. The answer to that question, that the entire panel of experts agreed upon, was that FOCUS is the key! evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/369/1/UNDERSTANDING-THE-VALUE-OF-INBOUND-LINKS-ON-YOUR-WEBSITE The reason that the Internet is often refered to a the "Web"is because it exists so much as a web of links running fromone site to another in a maze more complex than the spiderweb from which it is named. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/366/1/The-worst-case-scenario%3A-How-to-protect-your-data A hard drive crash can mean much more than the loss of a part of your computer. Often this is the primary place for storage of your information, family photos, work related files, favorite mp3s and other things that have often taken months if not years to make. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/349/1/Autoresponder-Etiquette---Simple-Guideline-for-Marketing-Success Autoresponders are a perfect way to increase traffic to yoursite. They can save many valuable hours by automaticallyanswering emails concerning frequently asked questions about a service or product or by sending a welcome letter to new members of your program. There are many ways that autoresponders can help your business. One of the most important is their ability to... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/343/1/Guide-to-Online-Traffic-and-Sales There are hundreds of ways that you can promote your onlinebusiness or website, some more effective than others. These five proven methods will help you to generate traffic to your site and also to generate income into your wallet. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/329/1/Autoresponder-Services-Improve-Your-Profits Perhaps you, like me, have web hosting that includes, free ofany extra charge, unlimited autoresponders. That being thecase, you might be inclined to balk at any suggestion to startpaying for them. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/326/1/Create-Your-Three-Letter-Autoresponder-Follow-Up A woman told me this week, "Your advertising is wasted if you don?t follow-up on your leads." Her solution is to use amultiple autoresponder that sends her prospects a new salesmessage very few days. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/325/1/How-to-Boost-Your-Online-Sales-with-an-Affiliate-Strategy Ever since we had products for sale in the offline world, we had sales agents. You know the ones - the multi-product travelling sales "reps" carrying products and business cards from different manufacturers. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/322/1/No-Wonder-It%26%2339%3Bs-So-Hard-To-Make-Money-Online%21 At a recent Internet Conference that my sons and I wereteaching, I was reminded about one of the most serious problems that we all face in Internet Marketing, and that is information overload evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/313/1/5-Ways-To-Drive-Visitors-Away-From-Your-Website There are tons of resources available that will teach you howto make money on the internet. Heck, I've written tutorialslike that myself. But, perhaps it's easier to demonstrate whatto do, with a lesson on what not to do. This article will teachyou how to drive visitors away from your website screaming "Get me outta here!" If you prefer being alone with your website and don't want all those pesky visitors bothering you, then follow the guidelines below and you'll get rid of them quick as a blink. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/312/1/Designing-Your-Site-For-The-Search-Engines When you design a website, it's easy to focus on what yourvisitors are going to see. What you have to realise, though, isthat you're going to have another kind of visitor with acompletely different agenda: they're not going to be looking atyour pretty logo and they're not going to be passing judgement on your background colour. What they're looking for is the content and structure of your page. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/308/1/RSS-Security RSS is growing at a lightening speed. What was once onlyknown as a "techie tool", RSS is becoming a tool that iscontinuously being used by the general population. Alongwith the good comes, the not so good. And while some havementioned the emergence of RSS spam, where contentpublishers dynamically generate nonsensical feeds stuffedwith keywords, the real concern relates to security. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/305/1/Optimize-Schmoptimize%21 With all the hype in regard to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) one could come to the assumption that all you have to do is optimize your pages and Shazam! your site is in the Top 10! I think that comes from a desire for that to be true. Many feeling that by just optimizing their site and wishing on their lucky search engine rabbit foot rankings will just happen. That's so 1990s! evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/285/1/Just-An-Expensive-Electronic-Brochure-Or-A-Profitable-Site%3F It is strange how business sense seems to go out of the window when it comes to the internet and the world wide web. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/275/1/90s-Web-Design%3A-A-Nostalgic-Look-Back A nostalgic look back at 90s web design, and a warning toanyone whose website is an accidental anachronism. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/270/1/Adware%3A-Are-Your-Business%26%2339%3Bs-Computers-Secure%3F Adware, software dedicated to displaying advertising, canreally slow down any business that depends on computers. Adware promoters use some cunning tricks to get you to install their software on your machine. Here's what to look out for. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/267/1/Get-A-Grip-On-Your-Internet-Goals-To-Bring-In-Sales%2C-Not-Woes. As far as search engine marketing tactics go, your goals must be defined and long term oriented to attract targeted,high-lead-yielding web users with the greatest potential ofconversion to customers. SEO, or search engine optimization is NOT a one-time shot. Winning the lottery or discovering oilwill get your rich quick. Hiring an Internet marketing companyto do a job and leave will not get your rich, ever. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/266/1/8-Things-You-Must-Know-To-Build-A-Great-Website Before the first graphic is drawn or the first line of code iswritten, you must define the website?s budget, purpose, targetaudience, design, navigation, and content. And when that?s allsaid and done you must define the marketing that will bringvisitors to your site. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/260/1/What-Is-Adware-And-How-To-Prevent-It Adware and spyware work in a similar manner. Both are installed onto your computer without your knowledge. However, unlike spyware that actually tracks your computer habits, adware displays advertising banners on your computer even when you are not running the originally desired program. You can be fairly certain that if you see adware on your computer that your computer is also infected with spyware. There are steps that you can take to protect your computer and your information. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/256/1/Build-Your-Opt-In-Email-list-%7C-7-Important-Basics Time and time again you have heard how important it is to develop a list of email subscribers that will allow you to place your products, special offers and priceless information in front of them on a regular basis. Not sure about that? Let's consider the facts: evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/253/1/New-Website-Marketing-Made-Easy Often new website owners ask me how to get traffic to their new creation. Some have been known to stare at their computer in an attempt to will visitors to the site. The truth is, the Internet is evolving every second of every day. And with that, it becomes more difficult to establish a viable presence?or does it? Follow these easy steps and carve your slice of the cyber pie. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/243/1/Points-to-Consider-before-Web-Promotion Doing business online is not as easy as it seems! You may have the notion, with millions of prospective customers being only a click away, all you need is to build an eCommerce website and you will start selling your goods or services. Nothing can be further from truth! Most of the Netpreneur learn this hard way! I have seen people abandoned their online business endeavors after.... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/239/1/Ten-Steps-To-Grow-Website-Traffic If you own your own website or have a page supplied by aprogram, growing website traffic will be one of the keys toyour success. You need a growing, self-generating stream ofwebsite traffic and plenty of it. Preferably free andpreferably preconditioned to buy your product of service. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/237/1/Plan-Your-Web-Site-for-Profits Most businesses fail to plan for online success. Knowingyour purpose, audience, and uniqueness are the first stepsto developing a successful web site. Follow these threesteps to position your web site for Internet profits. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/235/1/Is-Online-Business-Optional%3F Today I would like to discuss with you this simple question -is it optional for you to be involved in some sort of onlinebusiness or is it a modern life necessity? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/228/1/Are-You-An-Internet-Marketing-Success-Story%3F Are you an Internet marketing success story? No? Do you want to be? If you do, you can't just focus on one aspect of Internet marketing. What I mean is, don't just think about ad copy or just about traffic generation. It takes an "all around"approach to succeed. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/227/1/How-to-Grow-Your-Ezine-List One of my first suggestions to new clients is to develop anewletter, or ezine. Ezines help you stay in touch with past clients and prospects, while providing them with valuable information, tips, strategies, and plans to accomplish their goals. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/218/1/Blogging-For-Profit%3B-The-Simple-Success-Strategies-Of-A-19-Year-Old-Kid. A blog is a simple but powerful tool which all marketers andbusinesses should be utilising to explode their sales, buildcredibility and improve customer retention. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/216/1/Making-A-Good-First-Impression You only get once chance to make a first impression. This is true with all things in life, and it is true for an online business.The reason why your first impression on the Internet is so veryimportant is because most visitors and potential customers will only give your website a 15 second overview, before deciding whether to stay or to move one. Your homepage is.... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/215/1/AdSense-is-Stupid-When... There are times Google's heralded ad affiliate program isn't inyour long term business interest. Oh no I said it! AdSense isn't the unstoppable revenue engine for every eBusiness. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/214/1/Does-Your-Website-Induce-Seizures%3F What your designer thought would appeal to visitors is probably the very thing that is driving them away. A Flash introduction page (Macromedia Flash is a software program used to create animations for Web pages) may seem "cool" to you, but from a website visitor's point of view, they can be about as appealing as sitting in the front row of a Pokemon movie with four hundred screaming six year olds (and here comes the segue, folks). evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/208/1/Email-List-Management We all know that a lot of marketing is done to a list but,say you have a sizable list. Now what? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/205/1/Making-Money-With-A-Content-Oriented-Website Many websites out there have quite a bit of content, but areuntapped as a resource for making money. Countless webmasters have heard the stories about getting rich working from home on their website. Yes, many people have done it. Yes, those who got in early on it did pretty well, but as I tell people fairly often, the ways to make money online are ..... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/204/1/Implementing-an-Opt-in-List-to-Optimize-Your-Internet-Marketing-Success In order to make a success of your website or onlinebusiness, it is obvious that you will need customers.Although everyone who visits your page will not become acustomer, they must have some interest in your product orservice that brought them there in the first place andtherefore they are a potential customer. Potentialcustomers are much more likely to become actual customersif you.... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/200/1/Five-Proven-Methods-for-Internet-Marketing-Success There are hundreds of ways that you can promote your onlinebusiness or website, some more effective than others. Thesefive proven methods will help you to generate traffic toyour site and also to generate income into your wallet. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/199/1/Keywords%2C-Competition-and-Being-Number-One--Uncovering-the-Algorithm By following these steps you will see that most closelyguarded secret-- the search algorithm. Remember the movie"the Matrix?" The Matrix is there, you just can't see it.So is the search algorithm. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/191/1/How-To-Evaluate-An-Internet-Business-Opportunity Many people are looking to the net to learn how they can make money online. If you are new online, the best bet would be to join an internet business opportunity so that you can leverage on an existing system to make money online. This article will highlight three things that any prospective internet business owner should consider before joining any new internet business opportunity. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/190/1/The-Bad-Guys-Are-Phishing-For-Your-Personal-Information Do you know what "phishing" is?No, it doesn't mean you grab a pole and head to the late tocatch some phish.The official Webopedia definition of "phishing" is as follows: evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/185/1/Crouching-Trojan%2C-Hidden-Malware Trojans are not just more dangerous than computer viruses,they're stealthier, too. Find out where they hide. Minions of an evil master lurk in your hard drive, crouching in your system registry, ready to pounce. What Is a Trojan? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/182/1/Dropship-Your-Way-To-Ebay-Success Dropshipping is a topic that I first addressed in my column way back in April, 2003, which is decades ago in Internet years. But with the continuing growth of eBay and it's positioning of itself as a viable way for anyone looking to launch an ebusiness, the topic of dropshipping is now hotter than ever. It is also now more misunderstood than ever. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/176/1/10-Ways-To-Indirectly-Get-To-The-Top-Of-Search-Engines There are millions of web sites trying to get listed in thetop 20 spots of the major search engines. That amounts toa lot of competition! I say if you can't get listed at thetop, indirectly get to the top. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/165/1/Designing-A-Website-That-Sells Would you buy meat from a grocery store that left the badmeat in with the good meat or wasn?t clean? Would you buy acar from a sales lot that had totaled automobiles on thefront lot? I wouldn?t and neither would you. Your websiteis your grocery store; your car lot. You must have anatmosphere that is pleasing to buyers. One that tells thatbuyer that you are not an amateur, but instead a trained,seasoned professional. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/156/1/How-To-Protect-Yourself-Against-Online-Criminals Credit card fraud is a growing problem for online businessesand can hurt your business in many ways. Fraudulent credit card transactions are costing e-commerce businesses many millions of dollars annually. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/152/1/Website-Templates---Who-Benefits%3F Some new to the world of website hosting may find it easyto come across sites that offer the ultimate short cut to a"professional" website. Usually this shortcut will be a template. On screen the template will look great with its images, placeholder text, and unbranded graphics. The lure of the template for the novice user will be strong. Most template sites... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/151/1/Growing-eBay-Sales-with-Top-Notch-Customer-Service Painters were at our house this weekend, doing the trim outside and a few rooms inside. My wife provided most of the direction, but I asked the head guy (and owner of the company) to pay attention to a few details for me.The whole experience reminded me of how critically important it is to pay attention to customer requests when dealing with eBay sales. On the Web (and with email) it?s easy to lose contact with customers and forget to address their concerns. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/147/1/Get-One-way-Inbound-Links%3A-The-5-Major-Strategies As someone who works with small business website owners, I've heard just about every inbound-linking scheme there is. In the end, I've only seen five strategies that really workconsistently for getting hundreds of links. Yet there'sperennial interest in alternative linking strategies. Why?Perhaps because .... freereprint@upmarketcontent.com (Joel Walsh) Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/138/1/Fun-Marketing-in-Web-Communities%3F Who says that marketing has to feel like work? In the ten years that I have been marketing on line, some of the best and most successful campaigns didn't look ? or feel ? like marketing at all. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/136/1/Business-Website-Content%3A-How-Much%3F How much should you pay for web content? It depends on what you can expect to get back on your investment. A web content writer can increase your site's revenue 20% or more. freereprint@upmarketcontent.com (Joel Walsh) Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/126/1/Generating-Traffic-On-A-Budget Most webmasters keep their prized web traffic generatingsystems to themselves or charge an arm and a leg. I am oneof the guys in the trenches. Before I share with you thesimplest and easiest methods to generate website traffic Iwill begin with a little background information. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/125/1/Do-you-depend-on-free-search-engine-traffic-for-your-livelihood%3F  I admit it. I spend an inordinate amount of time thinkingabout Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search EngineOptimization (SEO), keyword density, keyword relevance,KEI, incoming links and link text, and where my web siteand web pages rank in the Search Engine Results Pages(SERP) for my targeted keyword phrases. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/102/1/Are-You-Prepared-For-A-Hard-Drive-Crash%3F Its just a matter of time before you experience a hard driveproblem. Are you prepared to loose your data? If your harddrive crashed right now do you have an action plan to follow? evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/101/1/The-%26quot%3Be%26quot%3B-In-eBusiness-Does-Not-Mean-Exempt I've gotten quite a few emails recently from ebusiness ownerswho seem to think that just because their business is conducted online or from the comfort of home that the rules and regulations that govern brick and mortar businesses do not apply to them. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/97/1/Web-%26-Newsletter-Article-Marketing-Blunders Interested in advertising and marketing your web business bydistributing ezine and website content? Make any of theseblunders and you may cut your response in half. freereprint@upmarketcontent.com (Joel Walsh) Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/93/1/How-To-Hire-A-Freelancer-Using-Elance If you have a project that you need to outsource but don't knowwhere to turn, Elance might be your solution. Elance connectsbusinesses with a pool of professional providers from aroundthe globe. When you post a project on Elance, providers competeagainst each other to give you the best price and service. Youcan choose either an open bid where all qualified Elanceprofessionals can bid or an invitation only bid where you canperuse portfolios and choose which providers you'd like toinvite to bid on your project. Signing up with Elance is easyand it's free. Here's a step-by-step guide to start you on yourway to finding the professional that's right for you. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/92/1/Could-Your-Email-Compromise-Your-Safety%3F Hackers, phishers, viruses, worms?simply having your computer online can expose your data and personal information to all kinds of malicious and worrisome problems. If you?re somewhat new to the 'net' or to computers in general, these four tips could help protect you from identity theft, credit card fraud, or..... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/88/1/SEO-Web-Content%3A-Good-Writing%2C-Good-Business If you're one of the people who believe there's a conflict ofinterest between search engines and humans, you're operating under two misconceptions: freereprint@upmarketcontent.com (Joel Walsh) Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/83/1/Business-Web-Site-Content-Strategy Your web site content helps you get in search engines, speak to visitors, and ultimately get visitors to buy, contact you, orfollow a link. Meanwhile, your content has to be updated atleast once a month if you want to get return visitors andsearch engine traffic. To be successful, you need to have a web content strategy. freereprint@upmarketcontent.com (Joel Walsh) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/76/1/6-Basic-Principals-Every-Online-Business-Owner-Should-Know The fact that you?re reading this article shows yourinterest in starting your very own internet business. Maybeyou?re already an online business owner in search of someanswers why your online business stalled. Even if you?rejust interested in what others have to say about onlinebusiness startup guidelines, I think these are the 6fundamental principals that will make or break your onlinesuccess. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/72/1/Top-10-Reasons-to-Use-an-Email-to-Phone-Service One of the latest services that is growing steadily is "email tophone", whereby you can receive email messages by voice over the phone, or send voice messages as emails from any phone - cell phone, satellite phone or a regular land line. evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/19/1/Skype-vs.-Vonage%3A-VoIP-Services-Explained%21 Many of you have probably already heard about VoIP, or voice over IP. This is a technology that allows you to make telephone calls using the internet. With VoIP you can... evolve@businessevolved.com (BE Staff) Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/7/1/E-mail-Tips%3A--Signature-File In e-mailing clients, the use of a signature file can be one of your most effective tools.  Signature files should not be long and drawn out, but rather should offer quick information that will help your clients contact you.  The following list includes items you may want to consider subscriber@webdx.com (Dominic Willett) Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.businessevolved.com/articles/6/1/E-mail-Tips%3A-Clarity-and-Effectiveness In the use of e-mail for business communications, it is easy to get lost in the awe of technology.  Sometimes our writing loses its effectiveness as we lose focus on how we are actually communicating. subscriber@webdx.com (Dominic Willett) Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 -0500