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Our research ninjas at Credit Suite smuggled out ten amazing business tips for you! Be fierce and score in business with the best tips around the web. You can use them today and see fast results. You can take that to the bank – these are foolproof! It’s that time of year – so we’re here to help you get Amazon Prime Day sales, and even more!
Stop making stupid decisions and start powering up your business. Demolish your business nightmares and start celebrating as your business fulfills its promise.
And these brilliant business tips are all here for free! So settle in and scoop up these tantalizing goodies before your competition does!
Our first jaw-dropping tip is all about something that’s a little bit negative. That is, it covers how to close a business and remain in compliance. And while your business will succeed (we certainly hope it will, and are here to help!), you’ll undoubtedly know some entrepreneurs who aren’t quite so lucky. So maybe pass this tip along to them, okay?
Because we know you’re going to be all right.
Score.org says it’s more than just shutting your doors one last time.
Now, do you remember when you got a license with your Secretary of State? It’s almost the same thing in reverse. That is, any business on its way out must file articles of dissolution. This is vital, as otherwise the state still thinks you’re in business. And that means they might come after you for fees in the future.
Similar to this is the advice to file an application of withdrawal. This is only for companies doing business in a state in which they’re not based. Similar to the articles of dissolution, you take this measure to avoid future fee assessments.
Therefore, if your business is in, say, New Hampshire, then you would probably need to file an application of withdrawal in neighboring Massachusetts. You may need to do the same for Maine and Vermont, too.
Note: for online sales, ask your Secretary of State and make sure you don’t miss any forms you may need to fill out for sales out of state and maybe even around the world.
Dot those I’s and cross those T’s!
The next awesome tip is about how first-time managers can be best prepared. Succeed As Your Own Boss notes there is a major paradigm shift that goes on when you become a manager for the first time.
First-time managers are suddenly responsible for other people. And that can be daunting at first.
Perhaps our fave tip was to get your act in gear – and clean it up. As in, you’re setting expectations from the first moment of every day. So if you’re habitually late, then the time to cut that out is yesterday.
Of course this involves all sorts of other ways to behave professionally. It means not favoring people. And it also means getting off the office gossip train.
We also loved this tip. Your team is – shocking, we know! – composed of actual human-type people. This means they have ambitions and fears and weaknesses and strengths. They have histories and quirks and they just might have hidden talents. So don’t shut your door. Make sure you spend time getting to know them as more than just the people who help you get stuff done.
If you are as passionate about succeeding in business as we are, please help us spread the word about how to take the plunge and save time and money – and your sanity! Amazon Prime Day sales can be yours.
Our following life-changing tip concerns how to influence buyers with the power of your brand personality. Buzz Sumo tells us it goes past brand voice. Although to our eyes, the brand voice seems to be a large part of it.
It goes beyond how you speak and write. It also has to do with aligning your words to your deeds. And it means your brand has values.
How so?
Have you been noticing various brands getting political? It doesn’t has to be big and in-your-face. Sometimes it’s as simple as teaching a trans son how to shave. Or it can be how REI actually closes its doors on Black Friday – because they’re all about getting people outside.
This isn’t about CEOs making gaffes and turning off a big percentage of their customer base. Well, not really. It’s more about how your brand shows empathy for your customers and prospects.
So if you own a salon, it could be about how anyone can be beautiful. Own a long haul trucking company? It could be all about love for the open road. So do a little thinking about what your brand can really mean. You might find you connect even better with your prospects and customers.
And that’s exactly what you want to be doing.
For our next sensational tip, we looked at how to sell to executives. Sales Hacker has all the details.
Our favorite tip was shamelessly stolen from Apple. That is, keep your presentations at or under 10 minutes. Yeah, really? Apparently it’s supported by neuroscience! But no matter what, we all know we’ve got shorter attention spans these days.
You know, squirrels.
So keep it short and sweet. Your audience has very little time! So you have got to respect their time, and their schedules. If you don’t, then you’ve just shot your presentation in the foot.
Don’t do that.
This tip is so cool, and it works! Success Harbor notes there are ten great sales tactics that work. So get ready to increase your sales.
Our fave tactic is to consider branching out to new and different demographic groups. How so?
Let’s say your demographic is small, or it’s shrinking. If you’ve ever sold dial-up modems or tape recorders, then you know this all too well. So as you watch your demographic shifting, you’ll need to shift, too.
But the bottom line is: this entire article is fantastic and we highly recommend reading the whole thing.
After all, you want to sell more, right? Otherwise, er, what’s the point?
Grab this mind-blowing tip while it’s hot!
It’s July, and you know what that means! Amazon’s annual event is just around the corner. So here’s how to get coveted Amazon Prime Day sales. Small Biz Trends says this amazing event is in its fourth year. And last year, merchants raked in a cool billion in sales! During just that one event.
So according to the source itself, Amazon Prime Day sales are on July 15 and 16, 2019. Yes, the ‘day’ is now two days long. You’ve got the chance to get twice as many Amazon Prime Day Sales!
So, what are you waiting for?
Getting ready for Amazon Prime Day sales isn’t just about tossing an ad out there. It’s about things like getting your inventory ready, and making sure you’ve got the right kind of selling account.
Our favorite tip was one we feel a lot of entrepreneurs might overlook. And that is to set aside a larger budget for keyword advertising. Price per click is bound to go up now – everyone wants in on Amazon Prime Day sales! So a bit of getting ready for Prime is just to abide by that old adage – you’ve got to spend money to make money.
And by the way, if your company doesn’t sell on Amazon, you can still take advantage of Amazon Prime Day sales as a buyer. And be sure to use an Amazon business credit card! They report to both Dun & Bradstreet and Equifax. And we just so happen to offer them through our Business Finance Suite.
If you are as passionate about succeeding in business as we are, please help us spread the word about how to take the plunge and save time and money – and your sanity! Amazon Prime Day sales can be yours.
Check out this spectacular tip, all about scheduling software. Join Home Base tells us there are seven terrific players in this space (as of the writing of this blog post).
Consider how your schedule is put together. Does an assistant help you? Do you do it on your own? Either way, it can be kind of time-consuming. Not to mention all the back and forth.
Tuesday? No, wait, that’s when I take the kids to soccer. Friday? Nope, it’s the sabbath. Monday? I’m booked solid.
You get the idea. So with scheduling software, the back and forth is virtually gone. Customers and prospects just choose the time and date they want and that’s that. And if they change their minds, or something comes up, no problem! With scheduling software, they can just fix the issue on their own and, for the most part, you don’t have to be a part of it at all.
Whew!
It’s not your imagination: this winning tip can turn your home-based business into something to be reckoned with online. The Self Employed has the details. Some of this may be familiar. But it certainly bears repeating.
We love this tip because we tell new business owners to do this. All. The. Time.
A professional website makes a difference when it comes to credibility and sales. These days, there really is no excuse to not have a pro website. Seriously. Go to Upwork or Fiverr and get help with design and you can be up and running in no time.
And a non-professional website? It’ll cost you in sales. Would you want to do business with someone who couldn’t even be bothered to make their website user-friendly?
And don’t get us started on businesses with no online presence. Don’t. Just, don’t be that business.
Our second to last unbeatable tip can give you a new perspective on how to smartly finance your startup. Young Upstarts notes there are some great, outside-the-box ways to fund a startup company. We also recommend grants and crowdfunding. And there’s a special place in our hearts for angel investors and venture capitalists. Plus, of course we think business lines of credit and microfinance are fab.
But Forex trading? Seriously?
What an interesting idea! Foreign currency trading isn’t for everyone. And, it should go without saying, you need a reputable, licensed broker. But it can all be done online. And, once you get good at it, it can be truly help you raise the capital you need to start and run a business.
Pretty cool, eh?
We saved the best for last. For our favorite remarkable tip, we focused on terrific emails you can write to follow up – and get results! Sumo says there’s an art and a science to following up. And you absolutely should follow up – you can raise response rates that way!
Consider this – how busy are you? How busy are all of us these days? If you’re like your intrepid blog writer, then you barely have 2 free minutes to rub together. And you see tons of content all the time. As in, blog posts, music, newspapers, videos, heck, even billboards. Messaging is everywhere!
So things fall through the cracks. Following up gets your product or service back to the top of your prospect’s inbox. And it gives you a chance to be personable. It even gives you an opportunity to address concerns and objections.
We highly recommend checking out this article in its entirety. Yes, it’s that good.
So which one of our brilliant business tips was your favorite? And which one will you be implementing now?
If you are as passionate about succeeding in business as we are, please help us spread the word about how to take the plunge and save time and money – and your sanity! Amazon Prime Day sales can be yours.
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There’s a formula to SEO and as long as you follow it, you’ll get rankings.
So, what’s this formula?
Well, you write amazing content, optimize your code, create a great user experience, and you mix in some backlinks.
Sounds simple, right?
Well, the formula isn’t too complicated, but it does require hard work and patience.
Now what makes SEO challenging isn’t the formula, or the time, or the patience. It has more to do with how you beat people who have more money than you because, in theory, they can do more of everything, which should cause them to outrank you.
But you know what? I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I love SEO because it’s the one channel where you can beat big companies even if you can’t outspend them.
How? Well, let’s go over that.
Let’s first start with the two mental shifts you’ll have to make.
What most people won’t tell you is big companies need to spend more to get the same results that you can for pennies on the dollar. They have way too many employees and layers in their organization to move fast and nimble.
In other words, everything moves slowly.
So, what do they do? They spend money in hopes that it makes them move faster. But the reality is, spending more doesn’t necessarily get them faster results.
If you want to beat them, the first thing you’ll have to do is focus on execution. If you can’t move fast, you won’t win.
This is your biggest advantage.
The reason I have gotten to where I am today is due to my execution speed. And now that we keep growing in size, things are moving slower.
For example, because my business has continually been growing, we now prioritize based on what makes us the most revenue and I bet you SEO isn’t as high on that priority list as it used to be. Not just for me, but for all companies my size and bigger.
You have to remember, we have multiple offices, hundreds of employees… we have to focus on what pays the bills.
So how do we compensate? We spend more money in hopes that it fixes it. Just like how I write less content these days, and I spend money on things like Ubersuggest and Backlinks in hopes that it helps.
But that won’t fix everything.
The point is, if you can move fast, it will give you a huge advantage.
Alright, let’s recap the formula to SEO…
Content + SEO friendly code + user experience + backlinks = rankings.
I know Google has over 200 ranking factors, but the formula above encompasses the majority of it.
Now you are probably thinking that if you want to write content or build links you have to spend money, but that isn’t necessarily the case.
With my previous marketing blog, Quick Sprout, I grew it by partnering with other writers.
I wasn’t as well known in the marketing world back then, but I hit up people like Brian Dean and co-authored guides like this one on link building with him.
That guide is over 20,000 words. And Brian did the majority of the work and for free.
I also did something similar with Ritika Puri and we created a guide on marketing psychology.
And every time I partnered with other writers and marketers to create these in-depth guides my traffic skyrocketed.
The first time I published one, my traffic went up by 117% in 2 months.
Now, that’s something that you can still do to this day to see great results.
Another way you can boost your SEO traffic is to get people to contribute content to your site for free.
I did this with the KISSmetrics blog before I acquired it. During its peak, it generated 1,260,681 unique visitors a month.
We grew the KISSmetrics traffic through one simple approach… we hit up tons of writers in our space and asked them to contribute articles.
At first, we had to pay a few because the blog wasn’t known and we barely had any visitors. But once we paid a handful of well-known writers who were guest contributors on competing sites, we now had a great foundation.
We still didn’t have much traffic, but having those writers publish content was enough to convince other writers to submit content for free.
It’s a simple approach that still works to this day.
There are many ways you can be scrappy, you just have to think outside the box. Don’t think you need tons of money to solve your marketing problems. Being scrappy in most cases is more effective.
Now that we’ve covered the two mental shifts you need to make, let’s focus on the 4 quick wins that will yield the biggest results in the least amount of time.
Yes, many of these “quick wins” are well known, but less than 1% of SEOs focus on them. I know this because I have an ad agency that works with large Fortune 100 companies… and it doesn’t stop there, most companies no matter what size they are, don’t focus on these quick wins.
They say the more content you create the more traffic you will get.
Do you want to know what the big issue with this strategy is?
Writing more content doesn’t guarantee more traffic.
Content marketing has changed. Writing no longer guarantees you more traffic because there are over 1 billion blogs.
With people cranking out so much content on a daily basis, Google now has the choice of what content to rank and what not to rank.
Similar to me, your top 10 pages are going to make up a lot of your traffic… and probably more than me.
The top 10 pages on my site make up 29.23% of my traffic. That’s crazy considering I have 5,171 blog posts.
With your site, your top 10 pages will probably make up over 40% of your traffic as you probably don’t have as much content as me.
So instead of spending the majority of your time writing new content, why not get more traffic out of the content you have.
I call this the land and expand method. In other words, you already have pages that are getting search traffic and rank on Google, might as well adjust them so you can 2 or 3 times more search traffic to those pages.
Best of all, this method gets results within 1 month for most sites and within 2 months if your site doesn’t have as much authority.
If you want to leverage this technique, follow “step 2” in this article where I break down how to land and expand step by step.
Your goal is to increase your search traffic, right?
Well, if you are reading this blog it is. 😉
But as you get more search traffic, what’s happened to your revenue?
Actually, let’s rephrase the question… as my traffic climbed, can you guess what happened to my revenue?
That traffic according to SEMrush is worth $1.2 million.
But here is the thing: as my search traffic grew by 123%, my revenue only grew by 12.5%… not a good deal.
Yes, you want to optimize your site for Google so you can rank higher. But what’s the point if it doesn’t increase your revenue?
You need to look at the pages on your site that are responsible for revenue generation activities and first optimize those so they rank higher on Google. You can do this by setting up goal tracking within Google Analytics.
Once you set up goal tracking, you’ll now know what pages to focus your attention on so that those extra visitors you in bring will turn into revenue. You can then take that extra revenue and reinvest it in your marketing initiatives.
Question for you…
If everyone did a Google search and clicked on the second results instead of the first result, what do you think will happen?
Well, it would tell Google that people prefer the second listing and it would move that ranking to the number 1 spot.
To prove this theory, Rand Fishkin told all of his Twitter followers to search for the phrase “best grilled steak” and click on the 4th listing instead of the 1st.
And within 70 minutes the 4th listing jumped up to the top spot.
It was so effective that the listing Rand Fishkin told everyone to clicked on skyrocketed to the top of Google for the phrase “grilled steak”.
If you want to boost your rankings, it isn’t just about the content you are creating or the links you are building. If people don’t want to click on your listing, you’ll find that your rankings will continually tank.
And if people click on yours more than the competitors, then your rankings will skyrocket even if you don’t build as many links.
So how do you increase your click-through-rate?
Well you don’t want to tell your friends to click on your listing as that is a temporary effect and your rankings will only climb for a short period of time. You want to optimize your title tag and meta description to encourage people to click on your listings over the competition.
This will cause your rankings to climb slower, but they will stick once you reach the top.
I won’t bore you with the details in this article on optimizing click-through-rates as I have already blogged on it… just head over to this post and follow hack number 1. 😉
Have you noticed over time that your rankings fluctuate? No matter how good you are at SEO and no matter how much money you have, there is no guarantee you’ll be at the top spot.
Do you want to know why your rankings drop?
Most people assume that it’s a penalty. But Google is very friendly (believe it or not), and their goal isn’t to penalize sites. Their goal is to rank the best sites at the top.
You know… the sites that users love the most.
Just think of it this way, if Google hypothetically penalized BMW for building backlinks and removed them from the index, what do you think would happen when people search for “BMW”?
People would be pissed that BMW isn’t showing up.
And they wouldn’t be pissed at BMW, they would be pissed at Google and they may not use Google again.
Google’s goal isn’t to penalize your site or be mean to you or tank your rankings. Their goal is simple… always put the site that is best for the end user at the top.
When your rankings tank, it’s typically because someone else created a page that provides a better experience for the term you were ranking for.
The way you fix this, maintain your rankings, and even climb higher is to continually update your old content.
If you have content that is old, outdated, or if your rankings drop, read this. It breaks down what to do step by step, and it will help you outrank your competition because I bet they aren’t updating their old content.
This is so effective I currently have 3 full-time people updating my old content.
You don’t have to get as crazy as me, but you should update your old content.
Money isn’t stopping you from beating your competition. The only thing standing in your way is you.
That’s ok though. We can fix that.
With a few mindset shifts and some quick wins, things are about to change.
I’ve never let my competition get in my way. I don’t care if they have more money than me or that they have been at this longer.
If I started my journey cleaning restrooms and picking up trash and eventually got here… you can too.
There is nothing really stopping you from winning.
So what do you think, are you ready to beat your competition?
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I have a question for you…
How do you figure out what you should blog about?
If I had to take a guess, you probably come up with ideas based on one of two strategies.
The first is to use tools like Ubersuggest to come up with a list of keywords.
But once you find popular keywords, you have to brainstorm topic and titles ideas.
What a drag, right?
Now, the second way you probably come up with ideas is by using tools like Buzzsumo.
You type in a keyword and it shows you the most popular blog posts that have performed well in the past based on social shares.
But there’s an issue… actually a few issues:
There must be a better way to find topics you should blog about, right?
There will be in 30 days with your help!
A few weeks ago I made an upgrade to Ubersuggest: I added a free backlink checker called Backlinks.
But why stop there?
I now plan to release a new feature on Ubersuggest that will provide data similar to what you would find on Buzzsumo, but I need your help to do so.
Let’s say you are interested in creating content that gets a lot of traffic.
What’s the process you use?
Well, you probably head over to Ubersuggest and type in a keyword. You’ll see a report that looks something like this:
You then pick a few keywords and create articles about them. Now sure, at least with this approach you are writing content about keywords that have decent search volume.
But what about the title?
Here’s an interesting stat for you… 8 out of 10 people will read your headline, but only 2 out of 10 will click through and read the rest of your article.
So how do you come up with that title or headline? One that grabs attention.
What if I made that easy for you?
What do you think of the idea of seeing a list of blog articles that have done well anytime you type in a keyword into Ubersuggest? Something that looks like this.
*The screenshot has fake data… the real version would show real data with real-time results.
It would list out all of the articles that people have written in the past that contain the keywords you researched in both the title and meta description.
The results would then be sorted by:
What if I showed you all of that in this “Content Ideas” report that I’m going to add to Ubersuggest?
Here are some more screenshots that’ll help describe what I am trying to create for you… this one shows keywords that a blog post ranks for.
And here is one that shows the web pages linking to a blog post.
Would it help you come up with better content topics to write about?
When you write any type of content, as a marketer, you want to ensure that it gets the most amount of traffic.
The current tools will either show you how many social shares a similar article received in the past or how people shared content with specific keywords.
But that’s the problem… you aren’t presented with enough data, which means you are more likely to write content that doesn’t perform well.
See, social algorithms are much harder than they were in the past, which means you probably won’t get as many social shares as some of the other articles that have done well.
And SEO is also harder than what it was in the past, which means it won’t be as easy to get rankings.
By seeing content broken down by social share count, estimated visits (organic monthly Google traffic), and backlinks you will have the data you need to pick the right topic to write about. Because if you are picking topics that have a lot of all 3, the chances are that the topic is worth writing about and will do well.
Social shares will provide you that quick influx of traffic at the beginning. Backlinks will help you with referral traffic and over time help you boost your search engine rankings. And estimated visits shows you which keywords to focus on for that article.
And best of all, you’ll see over 100 content (topic) ideas so you’ll have a lot to choose from. I don’t know how long it will take to show you 100 ideas per keywords, but I do know I can do it well under 60 seconds. 🙂
I don’t know if you knew this but I already have half of what you can get from Buzzsumo built into Ubersuggest. This part is already live.
Did you know that you can enter a URL into Ubersuggest?
Then when you click on the “Top Pages” navigational button you can then see a list of all of the top articles and pages on your competitor’s site.
The results are broken down based on estimated visits a page receives from Google on a monthly basis, the backlink count, and the number of social shares each page has.
Just click “view all” under “estimated visits” and you will see all of the top keywords that drive traffic to that page.
And under backlinks, if you click “view all” you can see all of the sites linking to that page.
What do you think of this new content ideas report that I am trying to create?
In other words, something similar to Buzzsumo, but I will show you more results as well as show you who is linking to each of those articles and how many visits each article is generating from Google each month?
My goal is to make it easier to find ideas for your next blog post. And of course, increase the odds of you creating content that actually gets traffic and backlinks.
So, what do you think, should I release this free feature within the next 30 days?
And if you think I should do it, what other features would you want me to release?
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