Small Business Marketing Blog

What Are Business Credit Cards?

Written on December 17, 2007 – 2:39 pm | by Jeff |

Business credit cards are similar to personal credit cards in how they’re obtained, how they’re used, and how they work.

Business credit cards are sometimes more difficult to obtain than personal credit cards (which some entrepreneurs also use for certain business expenses or startup costs), but they offer a benefit that personal credit cards don’t: business credit cards don’t revolve around, or affect, someone’s personal credit score, and instead build a credit reputation for the business itself. Read the rest of this entry »

Use Google Adwords To Drive Targeted Traffic

Written on December 13, 2007 – 7:53 pm | by Jeff |

The biggest force behind generating wealth with your very own online business or ecommerce site is traffic. Everybody knows this is no secret. Every internet business owner wants more traffic and every site needs traffic to survive online. Traffic is the very point of having a website, so it can be visited and viewed by people. Many countless hours and money goes into developing a well designed website that is attractive to it’s viewers. Without having internet traffic, this would be a waste of time and money. With Google Adwords you can drive targeted traffic to your site without having to rank well in the organic search results. Read the rest of this entry »

Google AdSense Testing New ‘Slider Ads’

Written on December 13, 2007 – 1:54 pm | by Jeff |

Google Adsense appear to be testing new ’slider ads’ as shown in the screenshot below.

You just simply click the directional arrow < > buttons and it brings up a new set of adsense ads. This screenshot was scaled down to fit our blog and was taken from Statcounter.com website in the 928 x 90 leaderboard ad format. I would think the new adsense slider ads would increase the chance of clicks only if someone is already interested in your ads. Your thoughts?

Promote Your Business With Affiliate Marketing

Written on December 10, 2007 – 7:11 pm | by Jeff |

Even if your already marketing your business online, you should think about adding affiliate marketing to your long-term internet marketing plans. When done right, affiliate marketing can yield great results for selling your products and services. Even when done wrong, affiliate marketing won’t likely be financially harmful to your business. The reason is because with affiliate marketing you only pay your affiliates after they have yielded financial gain for your business through their marketing efforts. This article will explain how affiliate marketing works and how your business can reap the benefits by offering your own affiliate program. Read the rest of this entry »

Are You Already Doing Internet Marketing?

Written on December 8, 2007 – 5:07 pm | by Jeff |

How would you you answer this question regarding your business? Enough thought should indicate that any small business owner utilizing the internet likely already does internet marketing if it involves a marketing campaign of any type for their products and services. But what about if your small business hasn’t begun doing internet marketing? This article will examine and demonstrate simple ways business owners are already doing internet marketing for their business any ideas you can implement for your small business as well. Read the rest of this entry »