Category Archives: Blogging

What is a Google AdWords Campaign?

Online Business ManagerWorking with your business on the Internet should be easy, right? You just post a few things on your website, and the customers start rolling in! It’s so simple. Yes . . . but . . .

There are better ways for you to draw potential customers to your site with a quality pay-per-click (PPC) effective Google AdWords campaign. Your ad is written with specific keywords that are targeted to your company. When someone searches online for that word or phrase, your ad can appear, and people click on it to go to your website. This is a good thing!

For example, go to your Google home page. When you search for a specific word or phrase, there are ads on the right side of the page. Your goal is to have your ad at the top of the page, and to have it intrigue people, so they want to click on it!

This is one of the best ways for you to attract more customers. Your company only pays for the consumers who click through to your site. However, the more clicks, the lower your rate can be, and the higher on the page your ad appears.

How can you get there? By hiring an expert Virtual Assistant or Online Business Manager! You need the expertise and experience of a researcher and writer to create an ad that will be relevant and interesting to your specific customers. This ad can introduce your business and describe what you’re selling (new or different from what’s available through other sites). The ad is also a marketing tool to let people know what services you offer.

Google Ad Words | Virtual Assistant

Why would you want to try this on your own? If you broke a bone, you could maybe try to set it yourself, but chances are you’d prefer that someone with medical expertise take care of you. And if you needed the services of an electrician, you would probably want to hire someone with training and experience to complete the job in a skillful way.

So why not hire a person who knows what to do to get you optimal results with your Google AdWords marketing campaign? Hire an assistant or manager who knows how to explore your business and research the best keyword alternatives for search engine optimization (SEO) to make your ad outstanding. That’s imperative before the writing even begins!

The virtual assistOrganic SEO Managerant or business manager will focus on how your business is different and the best concept to attract people. This will get your business noticed! Then the quality of the ad will target specific relevant searches.

Additionally, your manager can track your ads, PPCs, and site visitors to provide you with ongoing feedback and current ideas for SEO. Let an expert handle the busy, time-consuming work of this important marketing tool, while you focus on what you do best!

To get a free report and consultation about your business, please contact Alpine Small Business Solutions at this site: https://www.alpinesbsolutions.com/seopreliminaryreport/.

How Long Should A Blog Be?

How Long Should A Blog BeIn this big world of content management, social media and blogging, it is easy to get lost in all the details that are available. The beauty of the web is that it is never constant and is an ever changing environment. That means if you are a business or entrepreneur you need to be sure that you have flowing and updated information on your own website.  This ensures optimal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ranking on such sites as Goggle, Bing and Yahoo.  One way to ensure that you have fresh content on your websites is to be consistent in blog writing.

What is a blog, you might ask, well a blog is essentially a journal or diary that is on your website.  It is a place you share information pertaining to you and/or your business. A blog can provide up-to-date news, technical information, political topics, business support, health, wellness, sports and other topics that burn passion in your heart.  One of the most common question asked by businesses and new writers wanting to join the online social blogging community is, “How long should a blog be?”

Many professional bloggers have a different answer for this. The best way to put it is that there is no right or wrong answer! Some may say a blog should be 250-500 words while others say 500-750 words and there are even those who swear by 700-1,000 words! Then you have those that will not give a number and just say however short or long you need the blog to be in order to get your message across!

It’s actually quite natural to have blogs with different lengths. A blog post should be as long as you need it to be to make your point across to your reader. You want to keep your audience engaged. Your topic will determine the length of your blog. If you are blogging about where the best place is to buy eggs vs. who should one vote for, the length can vary greatly!  You will also want to reflect on your blog once finished. Is it too wordy or is it too concise? If you don’t feel good about it you should change it!

You would not want to write 750 words on where to buy eggs. This will bore your reader and you will lose their interest!  However, if you want to write that much when it comes to the heart of politics, especially if it is something you are passionate about, go for it! If you feel that a blog is getting too long and is becoming a book I strongly suggest breaking it down and creating a series of blogs. This will help with your SEO and will keep readers coming back for more.

How Long Should a Blog BeThere are advantages in both short and long blogs. Short blogs take a shorter amount of time to write so if you want to write everyday then a shorter blog would be the way to go. If you expect 800 words or more every day, you may lose interest in blogging soon after starting. However, as easy as short blogs are they will not implement On-Page SEO techniques, which are ultimately, what attracts attention to your page. While lengthier blogs do take longer to write, readers who appreciate the content will value the information and will draw attention to your site. Readers also enjoy images within blogs which allows them to connect more with the topic being blogged about.

Many bloggers like to change it up and have a short blog and later that week they may have a longer blog.  I personally think a variety of blogging is good. You don’t want to be predictable. Readers often enjoy reading short blogs more often because their attention span does not stay on the subject, therefore when writing both short and long, you give the reader reason to check back frequently and even subscribe to your blogs. Keep your readers coming back for the variety you may offer them. As long as your keyword density is intact and you are getting your point across you should be set.

The more the blog is to the point, the easier it is for the reader to extract the information you are relaying. Readers tend to scan not read long blogs, keep the content compelling and strong. The first paragraph of any blog should grab the readers’ attention so they want to keep going. You could create a series of blogs to make your blog grow quicker.  By doing this your readers will be looking forward to reading about what you have to say next. Don’t be afraid to use the thesaurus to find new vocabulary and be ready for the replies you may receive. Keep your own interests in mind; do you like long or shorter blogs? Remember to keep an optimistic mind and you will be a successful blogger! Most of all…Happy Blogging!!!!

 

What is Blog Bookmarking & the 20 Sites You Should Be Posting Your Blog to…for Free

In most cases the whole reason you have gotten into blogging is to share information about your dog, your business, your mandolin picking progression, your health and weight loss or the experiences that have shaped and shifted your life.  You have also likely learned that blogging will help you gain visibility and traffic to your website and is a necessary step in increasing your SEO. That is all well and fine, but how are you going to achieve the traffic and visibility to your content.  Unless you are a SEO ninja or have a super sweet SEO team backing you, you likely have to take things into your own hands and learn the ropes. The question most people want to know is HOW? 

The answer is easy! Harness the power of Social Media & Social Bookmarking.  With a few strokes of the keys and clicks of the mouse YOU, my friend, can make some serious magic happen! Within minutes of submitting your blog to various social media outlets, social bookmarking and directory sites you are instantaneously and automatically connected to thousands of other like minded folks all over the world. Which means that traffic and visibility to your blog and website is happening all the time even when you are sleeping, showering or shaving! How flipping cool is that, right?

If you want to brush up and learn more about social bookmarking check out the wiki page.

There are hundreds of social media and social bookmarking sites out there.  Some fail, some suck, but the bottom line is that there are way too many for me to list here.  I have been doing this for a long time and with endless hours of trial and error, I have finally come up with a dream list of 20 Social sites that you SHOULD be posting all your blogs to.  The best part is they are all FREE to submit to.

If you have a site that you post to and love and don’t see it in my list below, feel free to hook me up with the details. Post in the comment string below or send me an email. I would love to check it out.

Don’t have time? Does all this info makes you dizzy?  No problem, we got ya covered.  Contact us, today and let Alpine Small Business Solutions take care of all your social media and social blog bookmarking for you.

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Bored with the Same Old Skype Emoticons? Check this out!

Do you use Skype for business and pleasure?  If you are like me, I am on Skype all the time. Chit chatting with my clients, my team and my family.

It is such a great tool for business professionals and is totally free. It includes screen sharing, video calling, file sharing, Facebook integration and other really nifty add ons.  Because I have unique needs I opted for the upgraded version and in my opinion totally worth the affordable yearly fee.

Now, if you use Skype you know that they are pretty limited on the amount of emoticons they have to offer…It can totally get boring .  So I decided to head out on a search to try and spice it up a bit.  After a few google searches I found these and since I am all about spreading the wealth, I just had to share.

Check out all the hidden and the secret smileys I found!

Use them often and have some fun with sharing your emotions!

Finger (finger)
Bandit (bandit)
Drunk (drunk)
Smoking (smoking)(smoke)(ci)
Toivo (toivo)
Rock (rock)
Headbang (headbang)(banghead)
Bug (bug)
Fubar (fubar)
Poolparty (poolparty)
Swearing (swear)
TMI (tmi)
Heidy (heidy)
Mooning (mooning)
High Five (highfive) (hifive) (h5)
Face Palm (Facepalm) (fail)
Fingers Crossed (fingers) (fingerscrossed) (yn)
Lalala (lalala) (lala) (notlistening)
Waiting (waiting) (forever) (impatience)
Tumbleweed (tumbleweed)
Working From Home (wfh)

 Check out this list of Skype Emoticons and Smileys – Enjoy! 

Smile 🙂 :=) 🙂
Skype Emoticons Sad Smile 🙁 :=( 🙁
Big Smile :D:=D:-D:d:=d:-d
Cool 8)8=)8-)B)B=)B-)(cool)
Wink :o:=o:-o:O:=O:-O
Crying ;(;-(;=(
Sweating (sweat)(:|
Speechless :|:=|:-|
Kiss :*:=*:-*
Tongue Out :P:=P:-P:p:=p:-p
Blush (blush):$:-$:=$:”>
Wondering :^)
Sleepy |-)I-)I=)(snooze)
Dull |(|-(|=(
In love (inlove)
Evil grin ]:)>:)(grin)
Talking (talk)
Yawn (yawn)|-()
Puke (puke):&:-&:=&
Doh! (doh)
Angry :@:-@:=@x(x-(x=(X(X-(X=(
It wasn’t me (wasntme)
Party!!! (party)
Worried :S:-S:=S:s:-s:=s
Mmm… (mm)
Nerd 8-|B-|8|B|8=|B=|(nerd)
Lips Sealed :x:-x:X:-X:#:-#:=x:=X:=#
Hi (hi)
Call (call)
Devil (devil)
Angel (angel)
Envy (envy)
Wait (wait)
Bear (bear)(hug)
Make-up (makeup)(kate)
Covered Laugh (giggle)(chuckle)
Clapping Hands (clap)
Thinking (think):?:-?:=?
Bow (bow)
Rolling on the floor laughing (rofl)
Whew (whew)
Happy (happy)
Smirking (smirk)
Nodding (nod)
Shaking (shake)
Punch (punch)
Emo (emo)
Yes (y)(Y)(ok)
No (n)(N)
Shaking Hands (handshake)

 Skype Emoticons and Smileys, like all other Emoticons and Smileys, have evolved 
over recent years. Initially they were simple graphics and about the same size as
the font text in the messaging service or website where they were being used.

Skype (skype)(ss)
Heart (h)(H)(l)(L)
Broken heart (u)(U)
Mail (e)(m)
Flower (f)(F)
Rain (rain)(london)(st)
Sun (sun)
Time (o)(O)(time)
Music (music)
Movie (~)(film)(movie)
Phone (mp)(ph)
Coffee (coffee)
Pizza (pizza)(pi)
Cash (cash)(mo)($)
Muscle (muscle)(flex)
Cake (^)(cake)
Beer (beer)
Drink (d)(D)
Dance (dance)\o/\:D/\:d/
Ninja (ninja)
Star (*)

 Check out cool country flags Skype icons