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Search Engine Optimization Guide

1. Keywords In Title Each webpage within a website should contain a unique title, and meaningful keywords and keyword phrases should be included in the title of each page. 2. Keywords In URL Use hyphenated keyword phrases in the URL's pages, as some search engines take notice of keywords used in URLs. The hyphen used between words allows search engines to better identify and recognize the separate the words used. 3. Anchor Text When linking to web pages, use descriptive keywords to identify the links to webpages. The "anchor text" used to link to a specific page is weighted as part of some of the larger search engines ranking criteria. In other words, search engines make note of the text used to link to specific webpages, and use the text relevance to determine a search ranking for those pages. 4. Keywords In Header Tags Keywords should be used to highlight sections on a page, as mini-titles over each subsection in a webpage. The subsection heading keywords should be iden...

Webcraft.ws Online & Offline Business Branding

Webcraft.ws Online & Offline Business Branding - Business branding packages,business to business branding packages,small website design,logo design,website design,business card designs,business stationery,all in one business package,clean branding,contemporary branding,complete branding packages. - Twitter: Businessbrand44, Facebook: Branda Identityb, Skype: webcraft.guru, E-mail: businessbranding@go.to , Website: http://go.to/businessbranding

How to Analyze a Brand

Building a brand is a challenge. Its all about perception, and as frustrating as it might be, the manufacturer or seller does not control how customers, potential customers, or the general public perceives a brand. That said, the manufacturer or seller can certainly help influence how their brand is perceived. Your reputation are closely linked. Sometimes customers will form emotional attachments to specific brands, and they will spend more money to obtain one brand over another. A strong brand stands out and contains an element that customers identify with. Brands contain attributes, and it is through these attributes that a customer forms a connection to it. For example, the logo may include an image of a smiling sun, which could remind customers of warmth and summer fun. Attributes Your attributes do not always translate the same way in different cultures or geographical regions. Keep cultural sensitivity in mind when creating a tagline or slogan that reinforces your brand. It may n...

What you should know before forming a startup

As you sat watching the fireworks explode in the night air, bringing yet another year to an end, you may have quietly committed to a resolution that this was finally going to be the year that you take the plunge and start your own business. Naturally, you're a bit of a geek, so it will most likely be in the tech sphere. The idea has been brewing in the back of your mind for years and, for some unknown reason, the time finally seems right to take those unguided steps and break away from the security of your 9-5 job. Just knowing you are about to follow your passion makes you feel energized and reinvigorated, spurring you to hand in your notice to your boss with the hope that one day you will be driving past him in your new Ferrari and wave. As the old saying goes "you can't buy experience", and without proclaiming to be an expert on your specific idea, here are my seven "insider" tips to help you on your new journey or make you think twice before you take tho...

10 Of My All-Time Favorite Marketing Books

10 Of My All-Time Favorite Marketing Books 1. Advertising Secrets of the Written Word by Joe Sugarman 2. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini 3. Cash Copy by Dr. Jeffrey Lant 4. Cashvertising by Drew Eric Whitman 5. Tested Advertising Methods by John Caples 6. Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy 7. Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins 8. The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan Kennedy 9. How to Write a Good Advertisement by Victor Schwab 10. Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz There are, of course, many, many more outstanding marketing books that I could name, but the one's listed above are classics and should be part of every serious marketer's library.

Branding Tips - Simplify Your Brand

Branding Tips - Simplify Your Brand Remember the saying.."First impression counts"? Well, if you want to create that good first impression, you must ascertain that your brand promise is simple, precise, eye catching and very quick to understand. It's not about been creative with your image but CLARITY! Ensure the image you are exposing has a meaning. There are good gifted graphic designers out there that understand how to put one or two things together to communicate your brand promise message. I hope you have found the above branding tips helpful. Now, if you have not already done so, please take some time and work out the unique brand promise you can make to your prospect. For your businesses brand to grow exponentially over time, you must keep your brand authentic, targeted and simple. Regards Gerald Crawford Webcraft.ws Stellenbosch PO BOX 12216 Die Boord 7613 Stellenbosch South Africa Website: http://www.webcraft.ws E-mail: gerald@webcraft.ws Yahoo: webcraftguru@yaho...

Branding Tips - Invest In Your Brand Image

Branding Tips - Invest In Your Brand Image Allow me to shed some light on your Image.Brand Image is what the public sees, it is the image they have of you - their perception; which can be either good or bad. Therefore, regardless of the age of your business, if you are in online business today, you already have a brand image ecause you have a pressence online. Now that we've clarified what brand image is you will agree with me that you don't have to spend a great deal of money in creating a brand image. When I said invest in your Brand Image, I wasn't just referring to money but mainly time. If you want your business to be unique and stand out amongst all others, you need to invest a lot of time creating your brand image. Remember it is not only your business that is online, there are countless others and you need to stand out. You should take time to structure your promise to your prospects. Remember, your brand image should convey what makes you stand out (different) from...