Business

What’s the Point of Your Website?

This is the first of a six part series on how to get your small business website off the ground. Be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed and/or bookmark this website so that you can follow the series to conclusion.
There are a lot of people out there (you may be one of them) [...]

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Google Free Tools Keep Getting Better

Google is the king of free web-based tools. I make routine use of Analytics, Gmail and Google Docs. I am also using Google Groups for a new group for WebbyOnline. I have used Google Webmaster Tools for site diagnostics. In short, I’m a big fan of Google.
Google Docs Sports New Features
This morning I logged [...]

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Starting an Online Business Despite Information Overload

In yesterday’s newsletter, I asked for feedback from subscribers on what they wanted to see as topics covered on WebbyOnline. One reader mentioned how he wanted to start an online business but was overwhelmed by all the information out there and really didn’t know where to start. Well, that’s actually very common. The market of [...]

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WebbyOnline Live

For now, I’m just testing some things. Don’t get so excited.

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Using Camtasia to Quit My Job

Camtasia is a very popular video screen recording program created by TechSmith. Its probably the best screen recording application for Windows - at least that I know of. We here at PC Media make routine use of it for our video tutorials. The simplicity of it is that you start up the recorder, start recording, [...]

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My Site is Worth $1,481,760!

Well, at least that’s what DnScoop.com told me. This is a site I ran across two or three weeks ago and I found it to be an interesting find. Just plug in a URL and it will run a report for you which includes:

Age of the Domain
Google PageRank
Number of Inbound Links
Traffic Rank (from Alexa)
Number of [...]

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Thanks

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I hope you continue to find my blog helpful to you in our online business. You are a gentleman and a scholar!

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Finding a Virtual Assistant

I have been spending time here and there over the last week attending to a very important action for my business: hiring a virtual assistant. Now, let me say ahead of time that I have not yet signed a contract with the person I am going to try out, however I should be doing that [...]

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What is Google PageRank?

This would make a good article topic, right? But, I’ll be honest, how could I possibly compete with the explanation of Google Pagerank I just ran across over at Smashing Magazine? This has got to be one of the most thorough write-ups I’ve ever seen on the topic.
I had to pass it on. Check it [...]

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Pirillo Live Using Freely Available Technologies

Over at BUZZscreen, I made mention of Chris Pirillo’s new venture. Chris is now broadcasting via webcam all day long, answering people’s questions, etc. He is answering 4-5 questions per day and posting the recordings to various video sites like Youtube. In between recordings, you’re basically watching him work at his computer. I was curious [...]

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