tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88212069245936130592012-01-05T10:22:18.627-08:00I'm starting this blog to help regular, every day folks use the internet to market their businesses. No secrets, no promising the world if you buy something from me (I'm not selling anything), nothing but a step by step guide. I have a team of marketing professionals with over 75 years combined experience in internet marketing who will tell you what to do and how to do it. So...if you're ready...let's get startedSpillin' the Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07367207526865748560noreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821206924593613059.post-37837244561969979772011-11-03T14:25:00.000-07:002011-11-03T14:26:36.419-07:00

How to Use Social Media to Build Relationships & Increase Sales It's not uncommon for people to approach me and ask how they can get more targeted followers to their social networks. Before I give them an answer, I always ask why they want more targeted followers. 100% of the time, their answer is to increase sales. They think Facebook & Twitter are the new and happening places to

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2011-10-18 conducting today's class from my bed. Broke my ankle and can't get around much, but you can't keep a bad girl down!

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We had a couple great calls on Internet Marketing and Social Media Marketing. The calls have been archived on line, so take a listen, or save to your computer to listen to later! Internet Marketing 101 Social Media Marketing 101

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What's a Widget?Today's training class is about widgets - what they are, how to use them and why you would want to use them. Check out the training schedule on My Shaklee!Leigh

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Generic Lead Capture Page Check out the lead capture page I created. Feel free to copy whatever you want!

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2011-07-14Today I got my new iPad! Thanks, Shaklee! I'll be teaching the iPad at National Conference to show our distributors how to use it to make presentations.Will keep you posted.

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Are you sharing your content to create more indexed pages?Shaklee is rolling out a promotion special to go hand in hand with our redesign of the Sports Nutrition line! Just in time for summer fun and sports activities, the new Shaklee Sports Nutrition products are here! And you and your guests are invited to a special webcast that will help introduce these incredible products and the

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Do you have enough D in your Day? Take this quiz to find out!

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It's a toxic World!

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Direct Selling and Blogger Moms…How Can We Work Together?I think this is a really great article on how to increase your sphere of influence out there on the internet. Take the time to find the right blog sites and get to know the blog host. Once you get to know the host and understand the purpose of the blog, you can decide how to present your opportunity and/or product via product reviews,

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September 21, 2010 Ten Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers: 1. Explain to your followers what retweeting is and encourage them to retweet your links. Retweeting pushes your @username into foreign social graphs, resulting in clicks back to your profile. Track your retweets using retweetisthttp://retweetist.com/. 2. Fill out your bio. Your latest tweets and @replies don’t mean much to

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I'm working on several projects simultaneously, but you can pull updates from my PWS at leightest.myshaklee.com or my facebook account - I try to update it daily!Just friend me - leigh bordelon!

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How to incorporate social media into your marketing strategy - Andrew Katz, BlueWave Computing LLC

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I'm often asked about using the internet to build your business. Lots of folks say "Hey, that's a great idea! I'll never have to leave home!" and others say "There's nothing good on the internet. Bah!"In reality, for the Shaklee Distributor, it's more of a middle ground kinda thing. Let's be honest - if you build so much traffic to your site that you get thousands of hits a day, you'll be

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July 20, 2010I always tell you to "share" your site using the icons on the PWS...but, how do you know what they are? Well, I've gone through them and here's a short cut for the sites that i could either access or read (some were in other languages). Take a look and join a few to start sharing, finding conversations to get involved with and promoting your business!

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How to win friends and influence people with social media networkingby Lyndon Antcliff, 31 July 2009To get results on social media sites you need great content with great headlines that will grab readers’ attention, make them want more and pass on a link to others. You will also need a significant network of friends and contacts or to be very nice to someone who has. Lyndon Antcliff is one such

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July 13, 2010Learned something new for social media. Distributors; encourage your customers to put up facebook posts and tweet about you, your service and your products!!Find a blog site that reviews products and ask them to review one of your products, then post that review!All of these comments and posts will create indexed pages for search engines, buzz about you to your friends' friends and

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No More Internet Marketing Secrets: Keyword Research Strategies

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Another update from SEOBook: On-Page SEO A Ranking Dropkick From Google ... From #1 to #1,000 :( In November of 2003 Google did a major update to their search relevancy algorithms, which was known in the SEO community as the Florida update. That update marked the day that SEO became hard. Prior to that point in time, on page optimization tips from many SEOs would have sounded something

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Keyword Research Strategies Use the Most Relevant Keywords Yesterday we discussed the precise targeting offered by keywords. But even if a keyword is valuable, it might not be valuable to your business. For example, if you are a dentist in Chicago, it is not worth the effort to try to rank for the word dentist. Why? 99% of the people searching for that phrase do not live near Chicago, and

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Keyword Basics Part 1: How search engines work by Ken McGaffin, 28 May 2010 One of the most frequently asked questions from website owners is, "Why can't my site be found on Google?" They know it's important to appear in search engine results but they just don't know why it doesn't happen to them. This is Part 1 of Ken McGaffin's Keyword Basics seriesWebsite owners may well be in awe of the

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Create Free Web Banners!April 21. 2010I wanted to share this amazing website, where you can make your own banners for iTrack. I like it because you can create your own custom hyperlink-able images with text and everything! Go on - get creative! Tips: Once you create your banner, use the update banner button to show your changes. Once you've finished, use the Get Codes button to download the

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Do you want to use Twitter effectively to market your business? Here are some simple rules to follow:1. Don't spam! only 1 or 2 out of 10 tweets should be about your business!2. Create your online presence - your profile should show a well-rounded person, not a one-noter!3. Include hyperlinks! Every tweet should link back to a site, whether it's a blog, a pws or an article on which you are

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Sorry kids, but I'm swamped and haven't been able to study, read or do anything but work on the new project. I hope to get back to this by January.

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This goes with the previous post and will explain a bit more about inbound links.Build Keyword Rich Inbound LinksTo rank well in search engine results you need to score well on both ‘on the page’ and ‘off the page’ factors. ‘On the page’ factors are about what is on your own pages and therefore within your own control: ‘off the page’ factors are the links from external websites to your own, and

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How to beat Wikipedia to the top of Google...and CNN, the BBC, USA Today, ABC News... by Mark Nunney, 26 August 2009With permanent search engine optimization (SEO) you can secure and defend the keywords you are successful for and find new keyword niches to target. Mark Nunney explains why SEO never stops and how you can use this to beat the toughest of competition.Click the link to read the

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Don't be afraid to try something new...you could find urself in a bright new world!!!

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Just set up tweets and mobile text for my blog!

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To get results on social media sites you need great content with great headlines that will grab readers’ attention, make them want more and pass on a link to others. You will also need a significant network of friends and contacts or to be very nice to someone who has. Lyndon Antcliff is one such connector and here he gives 17 top tips to help you build your own social media network.There is no

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I'm starting to really love Wordtracker.com. They explain things any normal person can grasp! I received the best article from them today, so I'm posting it. Thanks to Lyndon Antcliff of Wordtracker for this great article!What The Hell Does Social Media Marketing Think It Is? by Lyndon Antcliff, 8 July 2009 Social media marketing (SMM) on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon and Digg has

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Optimize Your Press ReleasesWhen people consume news offline – in newspapers, magazines and broadcast media - their relationship with the material is usually transitory. After the day of publication, a newspaper is thrown in the trash can while a broadcast story can fade from memory very quickly.But that’s not the case online – and therefore a different approach is needed for online press

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Things have been a little nuts around here, so I haven't had time to study or blog. Here's a bit of info I received from Wordtracker.com. I haven't checked it out or tried it, but until I can, at least you can play with it! Feel free to email me your thoughts and questions - I promise I'll do my homework and report back!Squeeze Every Bit Of Value From Pay-per-ClickPPC advertising now makes up

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We talked about using keywords to optimize your site. Before you go through all that trouble, you should start by looking at your existing content. Can you improve it in any way that will increase search engine traffic? Organizing your web content is the best place to start. You want to be sure that you've used your keywords in the right places.Start by reviewing your current content and

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To the internet novice, internet marketing can be overwhelming. Google “internet marketing” and you’ll be bombarded with ads to pay to learn strategies, or join groups or lists and so on. The ones that make me nuts are the ones that say they’ll give you FREE TRAINING, but you go to the site and you have to pay to find out about their free training. Then you enter your name and email and the

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