Do you have pages on your website that you wish you could add links so that readers can easily share your content?  Now on blog platforms this is real easy to do, most come with some kind of module or plugin.  But what is you are running a old style html site? Well here are few links that you can use to get set up on the main social networking sites.  You can find the graphic icons in most places, we tend to use some of … [Read more...]

Build a niche website around one of your main products. In this way you can drive as second site up the rankings. Using Wordpress as a Content Management system allows you to deploy a good quality, low cost website that is easy to manage and update. Also being a focussed site allows the search engines to easily rank for one particular product. Maybe it is a small niche insurance product such as 4x4 Insurance or Modified cars. Using Wordpress gives you lots of flexibility and allows you … [Read more...]

They would be able to handle your customer product enquiries, deal with any website information requests, send out free reports or guides, and even send out product literature. Well you don’t need a physical person to do these tasks, you can set them up to run automatically using either an autoresponder service or using your own Microsoft Outlook. An autoresponder is not just a message system that lets people know when you are on holiday! An autoresponder is a piece of software that … [Read more...]

In our final instalment we look at the last few issues that could be holding your site back. I suggest a quick run through to check if these issues relate to you could release a bottle neck that is stalling the effectiveness of your website... 13. Text built as images not used as simple text The only way a Search Engine can determine what your site is about is to read the text. Without this ability, the Search Engine cannot read your site nor can it decide what it is about. Having your text … [Read more...]

The latest research from Elance, the outsourcing website, which released its latest figures relating to what the top 10 work requests where for April 2009, shows that articles and content were the big gainers. While dominated by programmers and coders (Numbers 1 and 2), there was a startling increase in the amount of content being requested. "Article Writing" jumped up 2 places to Number 3 "Online Writing" jumped 12 places to Number 5 "Web Content" dropped 3 places to Number … [Read more...]

We are looking for a dynamic, creative, wordsmith and general organised all-rounder who wants to make a real impact on our business! Is that person you? The ideal candidate will have: a background in the financial services sector first class copy writing and editing skills – journalistic experience will be a real advantage copy editing and proofing reading experience excellent organisational and communication skills (verbal and written) a good understanding of the internet … [Read more...]

We are looking for a dynamic, creative, self sufficient person who wants to make a real impact on our business! We are looking for someone to come in and really help us drive the business to new dizzy heights. We have lots of great ideas and plans and we need someone to help us realise those plans. Is that person you? We are looking for someone to help us: Manage link building campaigns for our clients which would involve finding quality link partners and contacting them to either … [Read more...]

Most of us at some point will try and promote affiliate products and earn an income as it is portrayed as easy. Just cut and paste some link code or banners, add them to your site and sit back and wait for the cash to roll in. Sorry but real, successful affiliates will put a bit more work in than that. Here are 4 tips to really improve your Affiliate Income. 1. Write Your Own Adverts For Affiliate Products There could be thousands of other people promoting the same product as you. Most … [Read more...]

We are opening up the site to offer IFAs, mortgage brokers, insurance brokers and in fact just about anyone who is relevant to the finance or insurance world the opportunity to have a post on this website (with keyword links). Once a week, we want to profile a business that uses the web effectively to drive their business forward.  We are sure you are fed up just hearing about it from us so we want others to get involved too! So what do you need to do? Simply answer the questions below … [Read more...]

"Virtual Real Estate" was a term I first heard John Reese use and it really sums up a growing strategy for companies to have multiple websites focussed on separate product offerings and services.  In this way they are getting more chance of multiple listings. On top of this they are able to rank for very different search terms without compromising a parent website. Using Wordpress allows us to not only deliver a CMS operated website we can: Prepoluate it with content Submit it to … [Read more...]