How much do you know about your competitor’s website? Do they get more traffic than your site, or less? What keywords are sending them the most traffic? Compete.com can give you the answers. Put in three website addresses. Compete will give you their traffic chart. For websites with enough traffic, it will also give a…
Matt About Business Weekly Link Roundup Each week, I collect the 10 best posts that I’ve read and share them with you here. These posts focus on either choosing, or using, small business solutions online (or both!). Enjoy! Matt Mansfield If you need a website, consider getting a free consult with Matt: Think Outside the Browser…
The Brag Basket has become our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one July 8-10, 2011. Organized baskets by Smaku on Flickr Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself…
The IRS is reporting that bogus email scams are resurfacing. Of greatest concern now is one involving payments allegedly rejected by the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System. The bogus email contains a link that may download malicious software. Information on what to do if you receive a suspicious IRS-related communication is available on IRS.gov. The…
Some businesses are hard to sell. In fact, more businesses simply close down than sell. * I may have a third option for some businesses. Friendly construction workers in Lima, Peru(Apparently, I don’t have a lot of construction photos.) I met a man who moved from the big city to a small town. As he…
Matt About Business Weekly Link Roundup Each week, I collect the 10 best posts that I’ve read and share them with you here. These posts focus on either choosing, or using, small business solutions online (or both!). Enjoy!Matt MansfieldIf you need a website, consider getting a free consult with Matt: Think Outside the Browser because your website…
Fireworks Basket o’ Fun by Linden Tea on Flickr The Brag Basket has become our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one July 1-4, 2011. (I’ll spot you an extra day for the Fourth of July holiday in the US.) Even though I call this the Brag Basket,…
You can’t score a slam dunk if you don’t know your goal. We’re coming up on the halfway point in the year. How are you doing? Great? Not so good? Or can’t tell, because you don’t have usable goals? Goals are the basis of all your plans.You have to get good at goal setting and…
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